Medical students' perceptions of racial diversity and gender equality

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 691-696

  Lee, May ^a   Coulehan, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

*cultural diversity; *education, medical, undergraduate; *prejudice; Female; Humans; Male; Men *psychology; Perception; Students, medical *psychology; Women *psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; NEW YORK CITY; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; SEX; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 33748522734     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02516.x     Document Type: Article

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