Building the case for cultural competence

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 136-140

  Genao, Inginia ^a,c   Bussey Jones, Jada ^a   Brady, Donald ^a   Branch Jr , William T ^a   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cultural and linguistic competence; Culture; Ethnicity; Health care disparities; Medical education; Minority populations; Multicultural; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AWARENESS; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION RISK; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141568796     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200309000-00006     Document Type: Article

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