Methodological challenges in treatment outcome research with ethnic minorities

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-580

  Lau, Anna S ^a   Chang, Doris F ^b   Okazaki, Sumie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Randomized controlled trials; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78549276820     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021371     Document Type: Article

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