The impact of cross-cultural interactions on medical students' preparedness to care for diverse patients

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1530-1534

  Niu, Nina N ^a   Syed, Zeba A ^a   Krupat, Edward ^a,b   Crutcher, Betty N ^a,c   Pelletier, Stephen R ^a   Shields, Helen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84869846339     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31826d40f5     Document Type: Article

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