Overcoming racial and ethnic disparities in blood pressure control: A patient-centered approach to cross-cultural communication

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 589-591

  Bloch, Michael J ^a,b   Betancourt, Joseph ^c   Green, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Saint Mary's   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52649173926     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.08046.x     Document Type: Editorial

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