An unequal burden: Poor patient–provider communication and sickle cell disease

Highlights • Sickle cell patients report poor quality communication with healthcare providers. • The role of African-American race in explaining those problems is unknown. • We compare sickle cell and African-American patient reports of poor communication. • African-American race did not completely...

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Published in:Patient education and counseling 2014-08, Vol.96 (2), p.159-164
Main Authors: Jr, Carlton Haywood, Bediako, Shawn, Lanzkron, Sophie, Diener-West, Marie, Strouse, John, Haythornthwaite, Jennifer, Onojobi, Gladys, Beach, Mary Catherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans - psychology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anemia, Sickle Cell - ethnology
Anemia, Sickle Cell - psychology
Black American people
Communication
Female
Health care
Health care industry
Health status
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing
Patient–provider communication
Physician-Patient Relations
Prevalence
Quality of care
Quality of Health Care
Sickle cell anaemia
Sickle cell disease
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Sickle cell patients report poor quality communication with healthcare providers. • The role of African-American race in explaining those problems is unknown. • We compare sickle cell and African-American patient reports of poor communication. • African-American race did not completely account for sickle cell patient reports. • Sickle cell patients appear particularly vulnerable to poor provider communication.
ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.013