How are we 'doing' cultural diversity A look across English Canadian undergraduate medical school programmes

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 816-823

  Gustafson, Diana L ^a   Reitmanova, Sylvia ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

CANADA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS;

EID: 77957171869     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903394595     Document Type: Article

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