Patient race/ethnicity and quality of patient-physician communication during medical visits

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2084-2090

  Johnson, Rachel L ^a   Roter, Debra ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9644262700     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2084     Document Type: Article

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