Defending diversity: Affirmative action and medical education

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1256-1261

  DeVille, Kenneth ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; RACE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032813488     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.8.1256     Document Type: Review

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