Cultural competence - Marginal or mainstream movement?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 953-955

  Betancourt, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344658924     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp048033     Document Type: Review

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