Health advocacy for refugees: Medical student primer for competence in cultural matters and global health

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1923-1926

  Pottie, Kevin ^a,b   Hostland, Sara ^b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFUGEE; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; REFUGEES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38449108905     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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