Fostering and managing diversity in schools of pharmacy

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Nkansah, Nancy T ^a   Youmans, Sharon L ^a   Agness, Chanel F ^b   Assemi, Mitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Diversity; Health care disparities; Minority

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY;

BENCHMARKING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FACULTY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 74949102362     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj7308152     Document Type: Review

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