"What happens on the van, stays on the van": The (Re)structuring of privacy and disclosure scripts on an appalachian mobile health clinic

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1393-1405

  Carmack, Heather J ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; health care; health care disparities; privacy; relationships; remote; rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECORDING; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TAPE RECORDING; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956522885     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310372618     Document Type: Article

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