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African American Patients' Perspectives on Medical Decision Making
Author(s) -
Alexia M. Torke,
Giselle CorbieSmith,
William T. Branch
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.164.5.525
Subject(s) - honesty , kindness , patience , qualitative research , medicine , health care , medical decision making , nursing , sigmoidoscopy , informed consent , psychology , family medicine , alternative medicine , social psychology , cancer , social science , philosophy , theology , colorectal cancer , colonoscopy , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
The medical literature offers little information about how older African Americans view the medical decision-making process. We sought to describe the perspectives of older African American patients in a primary care clinic as they consider a medical decision.

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