Hispanic women's health care provider control expectations: The influence of fatalism and acculturation

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 482-490

  Roncancio, Angelica M ^a   Ward, Kristy K ^a   Berenson, Abbey B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Fatalism; Health care provider control; Hispanic; Latina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051611541     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0038     Document Type: Article

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