Racial differences in doctors' information-giving and patients' participation

Marital Status and Physical Health: Racial Differences

Background and aims: As suggested by the Minorities’ Diminished Return Theory, the associationbetween socioeconomic status and health is weaker for racial and ethnic minorities compared toWhites. The current study compared Blacks and Whites in terms of the association between maritalstatus and physical health.Methods: The State of the State Survey (SOSS) included 881 adu...

racial differences in secondary hyperparathyroidism

Consultation skills of young doctors: II--Most young doctors are bad at giving information.

Forty young doctors, half of whom had had feedback training in interviewing as students, were assessed five years later. Each interviewed three patients and after being given results of examination, investigations, and diagnosis and prognosis returned to discuss them with each patient for 10 minutes. These discussions were filmed on videotape and evaluated. There was no difference between the s...

alcohol consumption, depression, insomnia and colorectal cancer screening: racial differences

conclusions we have found significant associations between lifestyle factors (alcohol consumption and smoking) and mental health problems (depression and insomnia) and crc screening uptake. to improve overall crc screening uptake in the us, it is important to consider racial differences in predictors and tailor appropriate interventions to each racial/ethnic group. background mortality from col...

Racial Differences and Racial Disparities: The Distinction Matters Running title: Taylor; Racial Differences in Heart Transplant

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