Perspective: Are we teaching racial profiling? the dangers of subjective determinations of race and ethnicity in case presentations

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 702-705

  Acquaviva, Kimberly D ^a,b   Mintz, Matthew ^a,c  

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

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77951676774     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d296c7     Document Type: Article

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