Exploring differences in trust in doctors among African American men and women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 845-851

  Wiltshire, Jacqueline C ^a   Person, Sharina D ^b   Allison, Jeroan ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Gender; Patient physician relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TRUST; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858803342     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30439-9     Document Type: Article

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