Understanding concordance in patient-physician relationships: Personal and ethnic dimensions of shared identity

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-205

  Street Jr , Richard L ^a,b   O'Malley, Kimberly J ^c   Cooper, Lisa A ^d   Haidet, Paul ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEARSON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient centered care; Physician patient relationship; Racial concordance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 44149125262     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.821     Document Type: Article

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