Variation in question asking during cancer clinical interactions: A potential source of disparities in access to information

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Eggly, Susan ^a   Harper, Felicity W K ^a   Penner, Louis A ^a   Gleason, Marci J ^b   Foster, Tanina ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Companions; Health disparities; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPANION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDER;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650516809     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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