Unhealthy interactions: The role of stereotype threat in health disparities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-56

  Aronson, Joshua ^a,d   Burgess, Diana ^b,c   Phelan, Sean M ^b   Juarez, Lindsay ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^d NOT AVAILABLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RACISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACISM; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84872525095     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300828     Document Type: Review

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