Racial differences in doctors' information-giving and patients' participationHoward S Gordon
Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Cancer 107:1313-20. 2006
..Whether doctor-patient communication differs by race was investigated in patients with pulmonary nodules or lung cancer...
Mortality after hospitalization for heart failure in blacks compared to whitesHoward S Gordon
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Am J Cardiol 105:694-700. 2010
..The mortality differences imply unmeasured differences by race in clinical severity of illness at hospital admission and might lead to biased hospital mortality profiles...
The clinical context and patient participation in post-diagnostic consultationsRichard L Street
Department of Communication, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-4234, USA
Patient Educ Couns 64:217-24. 2006
..PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Clinicians and administrators should assess clinical practices that restrict patient involvement in ways that could affect quality of decision-making...
Racial differences in trust and lung cancer patients' perceptions of physician communicationHoward S Gordon
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:904-9. 2006
..We examined whether racial differences in patient trust are associated with physician-patient communication about lung cancer treatment...
Patient participation in medical consultations: why some patients are more involved than othersRichard L Street
Department of Communication, Texas A and M University, College Station 77843 4234, and Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Texas, USA
Med Care 43:960-9. 2005
..Because more active patient participation contributes to improved health outcomes and quality of care, it is important to understand factors affecting the way patients communicate with healthcare providers...
Physician-patient communication following invasive procedures: an analysis of post-angiogram consultationsHoward S Gordon
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Houston, TX, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:1015-25. 2005
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Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of health services: bias, preferences, or poor communication?Carol M Ashton
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:146-52. 2003
..We evaluate the evidence that poor communication is a cause of disparities and propose some remedies drawn from the communication sciences...
'A little bitty spot and I'm a big man': patients' perspectives on refusing diagnosis or treatment for lung cancerBarbara F Sharf
Department of Communication, Texas A and M University, ms 4234, College Station, Texas 77843 4234, USA
Psychooncology 14:636-46. 2005
..Implications for clinical communication include increasing trust while delivering bad news, understanding the source of resistance to recommendations, and discussing palliative care...
Race and patient refusal of invasive cardiac proceduresHoward S Gordon
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:962-6. 2004
..To determine whether patients' decisions are an important determinant of nonuse of invasive cardiac procedures and whether decisions vary by race...
Companion participation in cancer consultationsRichard L Street
Department of Communication, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 4234, USA
Psychooncology 17:244-51. 2008
..This investigation compared the communication of unaccompanied patients, accompanied patients, and companions during lung cancer consultations. Factors affecting the active participation of companions were analyzed...
Missed opportunities for interval empathy in lung cancer communicationDiane S Morse
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA Diane_mors
Arch Intern Med 168:1853-8. 2008
..Empathy is important in patient-physician communication and is associated with improved patient satisfaction and adherence to physicians' recommendations...
Process of care in Hispanic, black, and white VA beneficiariesHoward S Gordon
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Section of General Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, TX, USA
Med Care 40:824-33. 2002
..To examine whether process of hospital care differs among Hispanic, black, and white VA beneficiaries...