What Latina patients don't tell their doctors: A qualitative study

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 543-549

  Julliard, Kell ^a   Vivar, Josefina ^a   Delgado, Carlos ^a   Cruz, Eugenio ^a   Kabak, Jennifer ^a   Sabers, Heidi ^b  

^a LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Americorps/Reach Out and Read   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competency; Healthcare disparities; Hispanic Americans; Physician patient relations; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIRTHPLACE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROUNDED THEORY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 56649121833     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.912     Document Type: Article

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