Perceptions of provider education and attitude by individuals with spinal cord injury: Implications for health care disparities

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 25-37

  Meade, Michelle ^a,b   Carr, Laurie ^a   Ellenbogen, Phyllis ^e   Barrett, Kirsten ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

discrimination; health care disparities; patient provider communication; racism; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL NEEDS; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; RESPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 80052873918     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1702-25     Document Type: Article

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