Treating Ethnic Others: Cultural Sensitivity and Minority Stereotypes at a German Fertility Clinic

Human Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-264

  Vanderlinden, Lisa ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural competence; ethnicity; German Turks; infertility; stigma

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; INFERTILITY; MULTICULTURALISM;

GERMANY;

EID: 80052250042     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.70.3.6117175868w24p1x     Document Type: Article

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