Physicians' cultural competency as perceived by African American patients

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 893-899

  Michalopoulou, Georgia ^a   Falzarano, Pamela ^a   Arfken, Cynthia ^a   Rosenberg, David ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competency; Health disparities; Patient physician relationship; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 70350069848     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31036-1     Document Type: Article

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