Health care for the poor-An exploration of primary-care physicians' perceptions of poor patients and of their helping behaviors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1463-1474

  Monnickendam, Menachem ^a   Monnickendam, Shlomo M ^b,c   Katz, Chana ^d   Katan, Joseph ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^d SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication interaction; Health education; Israel; Poverty; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; HEALTH EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POVERTY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847383663     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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