Pitfalls to avoid when introducing a cultural competency training initiative

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 613-620

  Chun, Maria B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77952687009     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03635.x     Document Type: Article

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