Kenyan patients' attitudes regarding doctor ethnicity and doctor-patient ethnic discordance

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-206

  Miller, Ann Neville ^a   Kinya, Jesica ^b   Booker, Nancy ^b   Kizito, Mary ^b   Ngula, Kyalo wa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c AFRICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Kenya; Patient provider communication; Patient provider ethnic discordance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIAN; KAMBA; KIKUYU; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUO; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651497325     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.04.037     Document Type: Article

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