Clinical myths of the cultural "other": Implications for Latino patient care

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 918-924

  Hunt, Linda M ^a   De Voogd, Katherine B ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25444480011     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200510000-00011     Document Type: Article

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