The Policy Argument for Healthcare Workforce Diversity

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1369-1372

  Mensah, Michael O ^a   Sommers, Benjamin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

affirmative action; health disparities; medical school admissions; primary care; underserved care

Indexed keywords

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION; ETHNICITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT CARE; RACE; UNIVERSITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICIAN; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIANS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978782637     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3784-1     Document Type: Article

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