Diversity of the allied health workforce: The unmet challenge

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-120

  Baldwin, Alphonso ^a   Woods, Kandy ^b   Simmons, Mary Copeland ^b  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; ROLE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745842243     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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