Factors affecting whites' and blacks' attitudes toward race concordance with doctors

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 787-793

  Malat, Jennifer ^a   Purcell, David ^b   Van Ryn, Michelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs; Patient physician relationship; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATTITUDE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957967821     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30675-1     Document Type: Article

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