Health and Human Rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: Current status and future challenges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Cotter, L Emily ^a,b   Chevrier, Jonathan ^a   El Nacher, Wael Noor ^c   Radhakrishna, Rohan ^a,d   Rahangdale, Lisa ^e   Weiser, Sheri D ^d,f   Iacopino, Vincent ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DEAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62849087794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004916     Document Type: Article

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