Impact of perceived discrimination in healthcare on patient-provider communication

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 626-633

  Hausmann, Leslie R M ^a,b   Hannon, Michael J ^a,b   Kresevic, Denise M ^c   Hanusa, Barbara H ^a,b   Kwoh, C Kent ^a,b   Ibrahim, Said A ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; minority health; physician patient relations; Social discrimination; Veterans health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGEON;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79959495337     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318215d93c     Document Type: Article

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