Student body racial and ethnic composition and diversity-related outcomes in US medical schools

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1135-1145

  Saha, Somnath ^a   Guiton, Gretchen ^b   Wimmers, Paul F ^c   Wilkerson, LuAnn ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEGRO; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449088829     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.10.1135     Document Type: Article

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