Cultural competence: Serving Latino patients

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 546-549

  Poon, Amy W ^a   Gray, Katherine V ^b   Franco, Gina C ^a   Cerruti, Domenica M ^a   Schreck, Michael A ^a   Delgado, Eliana D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Cultural sensitivity; Latino

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINORITY GROUP; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037932071     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200307000-00024     Document Type: Article

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