Pre-experience perceptions about telemedicine among African Americans and latinos in south central Los Angeles

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-530

  George, Sheba M ^a   Hamilton, Alison ^b   Baker, Richard ^a,b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E health; Minority(ies); Policy; Qualitative methods; Telemedicine; Urban (inner city)

Indexed keywords

E-HEALTH; MINORITY(IES); POLICY; QUALITATIVE METHODS; URBAN (INNER CITY);

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

TELEMEDICINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 70350140440     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0152     Document Type: Article

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