Caring for diverse populations: Do academic family medicine practices have CLAS?

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-205

  Kairys, Jo Ann ^a,b   Like, Robert C ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33644855904     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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