Cross-Cultural Medical Education in the United States: Key Principles and Experiences

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 471-478

  Betancourt, Joseph R ^a,b   Cervantes, Marina C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural care; cross cultural medical education; patient based approach

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; CURRICULUM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952424921     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70553-4     Document Type: Review

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