Cultural consensus analysis as a tool for clinic improvements

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 514-518

  Smith, C Scott ^a,b,f   Morris, Magdalena ^a,c   Hill, William ^a   Francovich, Chris ^a   McMullin, Juliet ^d   Chavez, Leo ^e   Rhoads, Caroline ^b  

^a Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Medicine Service (111)   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Medical; Organizational cultures; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2442613016     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30061.x     Document Type: Article

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