Cultural diversity: An evolving challenge to physician-patient communication

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-

  Kundhal, Kiran Kaur ^a   Kundhal, Pavi Singh ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0037218694     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.1.94     Document Type: Article

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