Teaching cultural diversity to medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 677-680

  Dogra, Nisha ^a   Karnik, Niranjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; READING; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 12344300408     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590400016324     Document Type: Note

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