Culture and race in provider-client relationships

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 1-33

  Schofield, Janet Ward ^a   Wang, Lu In ^a   Chew, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cultural barriers to service; Doctors; Lawyers; Minority groups; Service providers; Teachers

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH WORKER; MINORITY GROUP; POLICY APPROACH; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; TEACHING;

CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BIAS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ERROR; ETHNICITY; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LAW; LAWYER; MINORITY GROUP; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL STUDENT RELATION; RACISM; REVIEW; TEACHER; TEACHING; ARTICLE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNIVERSITY;

CULTURE; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAWYERS; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACE RELATIONS;

EID: 65349180189     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802147984     Document Type: Review

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