Addressing stigma to strengthen psychiatric education

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-350

  Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a   Bandstra, Belinda Shenyu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84866710280     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.12060118     Document Type: Review

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