Health inequities: The need for action by schools of medicine

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Sanson Fisher, R W ^a   Williams, N ^a   Outram, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITERION VARIABLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

CURRICULUM; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; ROLE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 46649084639     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590801948042     Document Type: Article

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