'Flying below the radar': A qualitative study of minority experience and management of discrimination in academic medicine

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-609

  Carr, Phyllis L ^a,f   Palepu, Anita ^b   Szalacha, Laura ^c   Caswell, Cheryl ^d   Inui, Thomas ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

*prejudice; *research, biomedical; Academic medical centres *organisation administration ethics; Ethics, institutional; Faculty, medical; Humans; Minority groups *psychology; Multicentre study publication type

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; RACISM; TELEMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249048557     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02771.x     Document Type: Article

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