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Understanding Minority Patients’ Beliefs About Hypertension to Reduce Gaps in Communication Between Patients and Clinicians

  1. Ian M. Kronish MD, MPH1,
  2. Howard Leventhal PhD2,
  3. Carol R. Horowitz MD, MPH3

Article first published online: 18 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00558.x

Issue

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 38–44, January 2012

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Kronish, I. M., Leventhal, H. and Horowitz, C. R. (2012), Understanding Minority Patients’ Beliefs About Hypertension to Reduce Gaps in Communication Between Patients and Clinicians. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 14: 38–44. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00558.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    From the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY;

  2. 2

    the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ;

  3. 3

    the Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

*Ian M. Kronish, MD, MPH, Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, PH9-311 New York, NY 10032 E-mail:ik2293@columbia.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 JAN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 18 NOV 2011
  3. Manuscript received: August 2, 2011; Revised: September 2, 2011; Accepted: September 15, 2011

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