Medical training fails to prepare providers to care for patients with chronic hepatitis B infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 6914-6923

  Chao, Stephanie D ^a   Wang, Bing Mei ^a   Chang, Ellen T ^a   Ma, Li ^a   So, Samuel K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Pacific Islander; Health disparity; Hepatitis B; Liver cancer; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCREENING; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; MEDICAL STAFF; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930862269     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i22.6914     Document Type: Article

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