Fear of discovery among latino immigrants presenting to the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-161

  Maldonado, Cynthia Z ^a   Rodriguez, Robert M ^a   Torres, Jesus R ^b   Flores, Yvette S ^b   Lovato, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; INCIDENT REPORT; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84873921833     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12079     Document Type: Article

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