Training medical students to communicate with a linguistic minority group

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 599-604

  Drouin, Jeanne ^a   Rivet, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 0038179228     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200306000-00009     Document Type: Review

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