Expression of patients' and providers' identities during the medical interview

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1022-1032

  Scholl, Juliann C ^a   Wilson, Jacquee B ^b   Hughes, Patrick C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; culture; ethnicity; Hispanic people; language; Latino; marginalized populations; medical; minorities; qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TEXAS;

EID: 79960527055     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310393748     Document Type: Article

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