Diversifying the racial and ethnic composition of the physician workforce

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-224

  Powe, Neil R ^a   Cooper, Lisa A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SKILL; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 3543066337     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-3-200408030-00013     Document Type: Review

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