A social psychological approach to improving the outcomes of racially discordant medical interactions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1143-1149

  Penner, Louis A ^a,b   Gaertner, Samuel ^c   Dovidio, John F ^d   Hagiwara, Nao ^a,b   Porcerelli, John ^e   Markova, Tsveti ^e   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a,b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

common ingroup identity model; intergroup bias; racially discordant medical interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRUST;

EID: 84883140317     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2339-y     Document Type: Article

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