Racial centrality may be linked to mistrust in healthcare institutions for African Americans

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2019, Pages 2022-2030

  Cuevas, Adolfo G ^a,b   O’Brien, Kerth ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; healthcare disparities; medical mistrust; patient centered care; patient provider relationship; perceived discrimination; physician mistrust; racial identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRUST;

EID: 85042128150     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105317715092     Document Type: Article

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