The role of cultural distance between patient and provider in explaining racial/ethnic disparities in HIV care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Saha, Somnath ^a,b   Sanders, David S ^c   Korthuis, Philip Todd ^b   Cohn, Jonathan A ^d   Sharp, Victoria L ^e   Haidet, Paul ^f   Moore, Richard D ^g   Beach, Mary Catherine ^g  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; HIV; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 81555216824     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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