Physician communication behaviors and trust among black and white patients with hypertension

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-157

  Martin, Kimberly D ^a   Roter, Debra L ^b   Beach, Mary C ^a,b,c   Carson, Kathryn A ^c   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,b,c,d  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; patient physician communication; trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRUST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRUST;

EID: 84872875203     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827632a2     Document Type: Article

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