Clinical teachers' perceptions of medical students' English language proficiency

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-356

  Chur Hansen, A ^a   Vernon Roberts, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Communication; Immigration; Linguistics; Students, medical, psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; IMMIGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; TEACHER;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031849891     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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