The conceptualization and operationalization of race and ethnicity by health services researchers

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-105

  Moscou, Susan ^a  

^a MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race theory; Ethnicity; Qualitative research; Race; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449117764     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2008.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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