Promoting equality for ethnic minority NHS staff-what works?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Priest, Naomi ^a,b   Esmail, Aneez ^c   Kline, Roger ^d   Rao, Mala ^e   Coghill, Yvonne ^f   Williams, David R ^g,h,i   Norman, Florence Sprague ^a   Norman, Laura Smart ^g,h,i  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAREER MOBILITY; CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RACISM; REWARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOREIGN WORKER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREJUDICE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84940116847     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3297     Document Type: Article

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