Culture, ethnicity, and Linguistic issues in pediatric care: Urgent priorities and unanswered questions

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 276-282

  Flores, Glenn ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043062906     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2004)4<276:CEALII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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