Diversity, trust, and patient care: Affirmative action in medical education 25 years after Bakke

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-516

  DeVille, Kenneth ^a   Kopelman, Loretta M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Bakke; Bias; Justice; Medical education; Medical school admissions; Preferential programs; Trust

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; POLITICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; LEGAL APPROACH; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141961121     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.28.4.489.15971     Document Type: Review

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