Improving diversity, inclusion, and representation in radiology and radiation oncology part 2: Challenges and recommendations

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 764-770

  Lightfoote, Johnson B ^a   Fielding, Julia R ^b   Deville, Curtiland ^c   Gunderman, Richard B ^d   Morgan, Gail N ^e   Pandharipande, Pari V ^f   Duerinckx, Andre J ^g   Wynn, Raymond B ^h   MacUra, Katarzyna J ⁱ  

^a Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; health disparities; health policy; radiation oncology; radiology; underrepresented minorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ONCOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; STUDENT; TRANSSEXUALITY; CAREER MOBILITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE; MANPOWER; MINORITY GROUP; PREJUDICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREJUDICE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928096550     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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