Cultural diversity teaching and issues of uncertainty: The findings of a qualitative study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dogra, Nisha ^a   Giordano, James ^b,c,d   France, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PEDAGOGICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNCERTAINTY; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34249061722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-7-8     Document Type: Article

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