Physicians' anxiety due to uncertainty and use of race in medical decision making

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 728-733

  Cunningham, Brooke A ^a   Bonham, Vence L ^b   Sellers, Sherrill L ^c   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^d   Cooper, Lisa A ^d  

^a Medica Research Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

medical decision making; race and ethnicity; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84904504004     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000157     Document Type: Article

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