title: Ethnic minorities, health care systems, and behavior.
abstract: This article presents an overview of research on health care use and provider behavior, on doctor-patient relationships, adherence to medical regimens, self-care, practices and avoidance health care behaviors, and attitudes of 4 ethnoracial groups: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Latinos. Although issues within the groups varied, common themes between the groups emerged. It became apparent, after discussion, that whatever the issues and health problems, these can be resolved most effectively when addressed within the social contexts of each ethnoracial group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, LaJolla 92093, USA.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Penn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Zambrana
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001213:Asian; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005006:Ethnicity; D006293:Health Promotion; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008913:Minority Groups; D014481:United States