Culture and the patient-physician relationship: Achieving cultural competency in health care

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-23

  Flores, Glenn ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LANGUAGE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0033926267     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(00)90043-X     Document Type: Article

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