Prejudice in medicine: Our role in creating health care disparities;Préjugés en médecine: Notre rôle dans les inégalités en matière de santé

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Guilfoyle, John ^a,b,c   Kelly, Len ^c   St Pierre Hansen, Natalie ^c  

^a Université du Manitoba ^*

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Faculte de Medecine du Nord de l'Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; NOTE; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 56549093848     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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