Perception of racism explains the difference between blacks' and whites' level of healthcare trust

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 792-798

  Adegbembo, Albert O ^a   Tomar, Scott L ^a   Logan, Henrietta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Ethnicity; Prejudice; Professional patient; Race relations; Social psychology; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 36048949685     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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