Human trafficking: An evaluation of canadian medical students' awareness and attitudes

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Wong, J C ^a   Hong, J ^a   Leung, P ^a   Yin, P ^a   Stewart, D E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health knowledge; Human rights abuses; Medical education; Practice; Questionnaires; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956087433     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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