Race, gender, and partnership in the patient-physician relationship.
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...African-American patients frequently experience shorter physician–patient interactions and less patient-centered visits than Caucasian patients (Cooper and Roter, 2003; Cooper-Patrick et al., 1999)....
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...2 Female 173 (69) 50 (67) 76 (73) 21 (60) 26 (68) Level of education, n (%) Less than high school 41 (16) 14 (19) 13 (13) 9 (26) 5 (14) 0....
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...In our study and previous studies (13, 14), race-concordant visits were characterized by higher patient ratings of satisfaction and more positive judgments of physicians’ participatory decision-making style....
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...Given that participatory decision making receives average ratings of approximately 75 on a 100-point scale in primary care studies (12, 13) and that a 2-point difference is related to a 10–percentage point difference in the likelihood that a patient would leave a physician’s practice in the next 12 months (47), these findings probably have clinical importance....
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...This study adds to a growing body of research indicating that ethnic differences between physicians and patients are often barriers to partnership and effective communication.(19-22,30) A number of physician factors may account for these problems....
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...Race and ethnicity have been cited as important cultural barriers in patientphysician communication.(19-22) However, cross-cultural factors in patientphysician communication are largely unexplored....
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...Studies have shown that increasing patient involvement in care via negotiation and consensus-seeking improves patient satisfaction and outcomes.(37-39) Specifically, visits in which the physician uses a participatory decision-making (PDM) style are associated with higher levels of patient satisfaction....
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...Previous work has shown that both physician and patient gender may be important determinants of PDM style, other aspects of interpersonal care, and medical decision making.(30-32,34,35,46-48)...
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