Culture, demographics, and critical care issues: An overview

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 619-639

  Núñez, Germán R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242321127     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00055-1     Document Type: Review

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