Measures of cultural competence: Examining hidden assumptions

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 548-557

  Kumaş Tan, Zofia ^a   Beagan, Brenda ^b   Loppie, Charlotte ^b   MacLeod, Anna ^c   Frank, Blye ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 34249706839     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3180555a2d     Document Type: Review

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