Investigating the influence of African American and African Caribbean race on primary care doctors' decision making about depression

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-168

  Adams, A ^a   Vail, L ^a   Buckingham, C D ^b   Kidd, J ^a   Weich, S ^a   Roter, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

African Americans; African Caribbeans; Clinical decision making; Cognitive processes; Depression; Primary care; Racial disparities; Video vignettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIGNETTE; CARIBBEAN; CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904861221     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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