Evidence of the health‐promoting influence of primary care has been accumulating ever
since researchers have been able to distinguish primary care from other aspects of the …

There is extensive evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in receipt of health care. The potential
contribution of provider behavior to such disparities has remained largely unexplored. Do …

Purpose: This article uses an interactional analysis instrument to characterize patient-
centered care in the primary care setting and to examine its relationship with health care …

XIV PREFACE or her communication with patients, as well as how a physician's gender
influences the way in which his or her patients communicate. Part II of this book describes …

Context Studies have suggested that the quality of primary care delivered by nurse
practitioners is equal to that of physicians. However, these studies did not measure nurse …

Although physicians' communication style and perceptions affect outcomes, few studies
have examined how these perceptions relate to the way physicians communicate with …

Objective. Little is known about why black patients and other ethnic/racial minorities are less
likely to receive the best treatments independent of clinical appropriateness, payer, and …

OBJECTIVE: This paper discusses the research focused on gender issues in healthcare
communication. METHODS: The majority of papers discussed here are based on a research …

This article examines, in detail, the quality of doctor–patient interaction. Doctor–patient
communication is such a powerful indicator of health care quality that it can determine …

This paper applies social cognition research to understanding and ameliorating the provider
contribution to racial/ethnic disparities in health care. We discuss how fundamental cognitive …