Medical student, physician, and public perceptions of health care disparities

Family Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 715-721

  Wilson, Elisabeth ^a,d   Grumbach, Kevin ^a,b   Huebner, Jeffrey ^c   Agrawal, Jaya ^c   Bindman, Andrew B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c American Medical Student Association   (United States)

^d Family and Community Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POVERTY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7744224344     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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