Students' perceptions of race, ethnicity and culture at two UK medical schools: A qualitative study

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Roberts, Jane H ^a   Sanders, Tom ^b   Wass, Val ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*attitude of health personnel; *culture; *ethnic groups; *race relations; Adult; England; Humans; Multicentre study publication type ; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; RACE RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 37549070738     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02902.x     Document Type: Article

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