Toward optimal health: Judy Ann Bigby, M.D., discusses the need for cultural competence in the healthcare of women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 480-483

  Godfrey, Jodi R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COST CONTROL; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; LONG TERM CARE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33746118270     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.480     Document Type: Article

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