Religious influences on trust in physicians and the health care system

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-83

  Benjamins, Maureen R ^a,b  

^a Sinai Urban Health Institute   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Patient physician relationship; Religion; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; TRUST; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047093054     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EKJ2-BCCT-8LT4-K01W     Document Type: Article

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