Primary care decision making in response to psychological complaints: the influence of patient race

Eighteen general practitioners indicated diagnostic and treatment decisions in response to patient vignettes. Results indicated that White patients were more likely to be correctly diagnosed as having anxiety than any other complaint. Asians were just as likely to receive a physical diagnosis as the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of community & applied social psychology 2000-01, Vol.10 (1), p.63-67
Hauptverfasser:	Di Caccavo, Antonietta, Fazal-Short, Nasreen, Moss, Timothy P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African-Caribbean Anxiety Asian Asian Cultural Groups Biological and medical sciences Birmingham Blacks Caribbean Cultural Groups Decision making Depression Depression (Psychology) diagnoses Diagnosis England Factors General practitioners Great Britain Medical Decision Making Medical sciences Medical treatment Mental health Mental Illness Organization of mental health. Health systems Patients Physicians primary care Primary Health Care Psychological disorders Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry psychoses Race Racial Differences Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Treatment West Indians Whites
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Zusammenfassung:	Eighteen general practitioners indicated diagnostic and treatment decisions in response to patient vignettes. Results indicated that White patients were more likely to be correctly diagnosed as having anxiety than any other complaint. Asians were just as likely to receive a physical diagnosis as they were to receive one of anxiety. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:	1052-9284 1099-1298
DOI:	10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(200001/02)10:1<63::AID-CASP533>3.0.CO;2-J