Affirmative action, cuban style

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 2680-2682

  Mullan, Fitzhugh ^a  

^a Health Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CUBA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LICENCE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CUBA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10844260036     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp048270     Document Type: Short Survey

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