From: Landau, Vanessa (SAMHSA/CMHS) <[log in to unmask]>
" ... perceived similarity in beliefs and values more than race
affected their trust, satisfaction, and willingness to follow a
doctor's recommendations."
More details are in "Understanding concordance in patient-physician
relationships: Personal and ethnic dimensions of shared identity," by
Richard L. Street, Jr., Ph.D., Kimberly J. O'Malley, Ph.D., Lisa A.
Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., and Paul Haidet, M.D., M.P.H., in the May/June
2008 Annals of Family Medicine 6(3), pp. 198-205.
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