Genetic counselors' implicit racial attitudes and their relationship to communication

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-119

  Schaa, Kendra L ^a,b,d   Roter, Debra L ^a   Biesecker, Barbara B ^b   Cooper, Lisa A ^c   Erby, Lori H ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Implicit attitudes; Patient provider communication; Race ethnicity; RIAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RACIAL ATTITUDE; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RACISM;

EID: 84925707520     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000155     Document Type: Article

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