TY - JOUR
T1 - Multicultural medical encounters
T2 - the experience at a pediatric clinic.
AU - Gonzalez-Espada, Wilson J.
AU - Ibarra, Melissa J.
AU - Ochoa, Eduardo R.
AU - Vargas, Perla A.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Research evidence suggests that minority patients experience disparities in health care management. This study examines how cultural and language expectations affect the perceived interaction between physicians and Hispanic patients. Seventeen physicians and thirteen Hispanic parents were interviewed at Arkansas Children's Hospital's General Pediatric Clinic. It was found that parents have a positive perception of physicians and reported being satisfied with the quality of the encounter. In addition, both physicians and parents reported issues that should be addressed. Both groups felt that a physician's perceptions, along with language barriers, might affect that physician's ability to fully interact with patients, but not their decision-making regarding treatment.
AB - Research evidence suggests that minority patients experience disparities in health care management. This study examines how cultural and language expectations affect the perceived interaction between physicians and Hispanic patients. Seventeen physicians and thirteen Hispanic parents were interviewed at Arkansas Children's Hospital's General Pediatric Clinic. It was found that parents have a positive perception of physicians and reported being satisfied with the quality of the encounter. In addition, both physicians and parents reported issues that should be addressed. Both groups felt that a physician's perceptions, along with language barriers, might affect that physician's ability to fully interact with patients, but not their decision-making regarding treatment.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 16529287
AN - SCOPUS:33645939844
SN - 0004-1858
VL - 102
SP - 227
EP - 229
JO - The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society
JF - The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society
IS - 8
ER -