Association between patient race/ethnicity and perceived interpersonal aspects of care in the emergency department

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Jin, Sun Lee ^a   Tamayo Sarver, Joshua ^b   Kinneer, Patricia ^c   Hobgood, Cherri ^c,d  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Patient physician relationship; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUST;

EID: 38949104113     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31179-2     Document Type: Article

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