Providing health care to low-income women: A matter of trust

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 484-491

  Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a   Zambrana, Ruth E ^b   O'Malley, Ann S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income women; Minority women; Patient trust; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; TAPE RECORDER; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; TRUST;

EID: 4844229370     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh503     Document Type: Article

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