Achieving racial harmony for the benefit of patients and communities: Contrition, reconciliation, and collaboration

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-325

  Davis, Ronald M ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM;

EID: 47549108854     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.3.323     Document Type: Note

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