Addressing the paucity of underrepresented minorities in academic surgery: can the "Rooney Rule" be applied to academic surgery?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-262

  Butler, Paris D ^a,b   Longaker, Michael T ^a   Britt, L D ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EDITORIAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; NEUROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACCREDITATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549133039     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.021     Document Type: Editorial

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