Language concordance and patient-physician communication regarding mental health needs

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2356-2362

  August, Kristin J ^a   Nguyen, Hannah ^b   Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^c,d   Sorkin, Dara H ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS); mental health; older adults; patient provider language concordance; racial and ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84155163785     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03717.x     Document Type: Article

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