A curriculum to teach medical students to care for people with disabilities: development and initial implementation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lack of knowledge and skills, and negative attitudes towards patients with disabilities, may adversely affect the services available to this group and negatively affect their health outcomes. The objective of this paper is to describ...

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Main Authors: Akl Elie A, McGuigan Denise, Symons Andrew B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/9/78