Racial differences in patient expectations prior to resective epilepsy surgery

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 452-455

  Baca, Christine Bower ^a   Cheng, Eric M ^a,b   Spencer, Susan S ^c   Vassar, Stefanie ^a,b   Vickrey, Barbara G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Expectations; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849121302     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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