Communication and culture: Predictors of treatment adherence among Mexican immigrant patients

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-452

  Villagran, Melinda ^a   Hajek, Christopher ^b   Zhao, Xiaoquan ^a   Peterson, Emily ^a   Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Latino health; medication adherence; patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863339639     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311417194     Document Type: Article

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