Teaching cross-cultural consultation skills: A course for UK and internationally trained general practice registrars

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-615

  Chudley, Sylvia ^a,b   Skelton, John ^c   Wall, David ^a,d,e   Jones, Eve ^c  

^a West Midlands Deanery ^*

^b GP Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d West Midlands Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^e STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Consultation skills; General practice registrars

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 35748978848     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2007.11493594     Document Type: Article

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