Cultural competence of healthcare professionals caring for breastfeeding mothers in urban Areas

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-224

  Noble, Lawrence M ^a   Noble, Anita ^b   Hand, Ivan L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70350338492     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2009.0020     Document Type: Article

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