Beyond barriers. The challenge of cultural diversity for nurse academics in the Australian context

Collegian

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 143-149

  Parker, Vicki ^a   McMillan, Margaret ^b  

^a Faculty of Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Curriculum; Difference; Diversity; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; TEACHING;

EID: 55349085472     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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