Rasing the ivory tower: The production of knowledge and distrust of medicine among African Americans

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-180

  Wasserman, Jason ^a   Flannery, M A ^b   Clair, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIA; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947250347     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.016329     Document Type: Article

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