Addressing health care needs of the Latino community: One medical school's approach

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1145-1151

  Manetta, Alberto ^a,b   Stephens, Frances ^b   Rea, José ^b   Vega, Charles ^b,c  

^a Building 56 Suite 260   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Irvine School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 36749026622     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318159cccf     Document Type: Review

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