Patient-physician communication in the primary care visits of African Americans and Whites with depression

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 600-606

  Ghods, Bri K ^a   Roter, Debra L ^b   Ford, Daniel E ^a,b,c   Larson, Susan ^b   Arbelaez, Jose J ^a   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Depression; Healthcare disparities; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42449123581     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0539-7     Document Type: Article

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