Why should researchers care about culture?

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-160

  Beiser, Morton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community participation; Cross cultural research; Research ethics; Research paradigms; Transcultural psychiatry

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 0038662739     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800303     Document Type: Review

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