Why aren't there more African-American physicians? A qualitative study and exploratory inquiry of African-American students' perspectives on careers in medicine

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 986-993

  Rao, Vijaya ^a   Flores, Glenn ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Education; Minority health; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648833309     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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