Variations in GP-patient communication by ethnicity, age, and gender: Evidence from a national primary care patient survey

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 642, 2016, Pages e47-e52

  Burt, Jenni ^a   Lloyd, Cathy ^b   Campbell, John ^c   Roland, Martin ^a   Abel, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Healthcare disparities; Minority groups; Physician patient relations; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BRITISH CITIZEN; CASE REPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84954553083     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15X687637     Document Type: Article

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