Increasing racial/ethnic diversity in nursing to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity

Public Health Reports

Volumn 129, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages 45-50

  Phillips, Janice M ^a   Malone, Beverly ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National League for Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING; NURSING AS A PROFESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; CULTURAL NURSING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH STATUS;

EID: 84891284590     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549141291s209     Document Type: Article

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