For the patient. Does race play a role in doctors' treatment decisions?

This study seeks to find out what role race has in doctors' decisions to refer patients for invasive cardiac procedures. The study was conducted at a southeast Louisiana-based teaching hospital, and findings showed that race played a lesser role than it had in previous studies held elsewhere. R...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ethnicity & disease 2007-06, Vol.17 (3), p.587-587
Hauptverfasser:	Caillier, James Gerard, Brown, Sandra C, Parsons, Sharon, Ardoin, Phillip J, Cruise, Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Decision Making European Continental Ancestry Group Health and Medicine Health Care Delivery Hospitals Humans Medical Audit Medical research Minority & ethnic groups Practice Patterns, Physicians Racial inequalities United States
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Zusammenfassung:	This study seeks to find out what role race has in doctors' decisions to refer patients for invasive cardiac procedures. The study was conducted at a southeast Louisiana-based teaching hospital, and findings showed that race played a lesser role than it had in previous studies held elsewhere. Reasons for this are discussed.
ISSN:	1049-510X