Applying policy and evidence in developing cultural diversity teaching in undergraduate medical education in the UK

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-478

  Dogra, Nisha ^a,b   Williams, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Evidence; Policy; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849189051     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426406778881809     Document Type: Article

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