Cultural competence springs up in the desert: The story of the center for cultural competence in health care at Weill cornell medical college in Qatar

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 759-766

  Elnashar, Maha ^a   Abdelrahim, Huda ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84861661524     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318253d6c6     Document Type: Article

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