Language Concordance, Interpersonal Care, and Diabetes Self-Care in Rural Latino Patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1650-1656

  Detz, Alissa ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a,b   de Jaimes, Fatima Nunez ^c   Noguera, Christine ^c   Morales, Leo S ^d   Tseng, Chi Hong ^a   Moreno, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Golden Valley Health Centers   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; diabetes; language barriers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; AGED; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920998218     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3006-7     Document Type: Article

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