The role of non-verbal behaviour in racial disparities in health care: Implications and solutions

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 867-876

  Levine, Cynthia S ^a   Ambady, Nalini ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GESTURE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; STEREOTYPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; GESTURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACISM; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881485198     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12216     Document Type: Article

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