Medical students as family-health advocates: Arabian Gulf University experience

Medical Teacher

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Grant, Neil ^a   Gibbs, Trevor ^b   Naseeb, Tawfeeq Ali ^a   Garf, Ahmed Al ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BAHRAIN; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34748878339     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701481367     Document Type: Article

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