Voices of Asian American youth: Important characteristics of clinicians and clinical sites

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Vo, Dzung X ^a   Pate, Olivia Lee ^b   Zhao, Huaqing ^c   Siu, Philip ^d   Ginsburg, Kenneth R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d Chinatown Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Asian; Asian Americans; Cultural competence; Culture; Disparities; Ethnic disparity; Ethnicity; Focus groups; Multiculturalism; Patient satisfaction; Physician patient relations; Qualitative research; Race; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINESE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HONESTY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMIGRANT; JUVENILE; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SOCIAL CLASS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIETNAM;

EID: 36849068412     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0351     Document Type: Article

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