Advance Care Planning: Training and Providing an Anthropological Critique of Cultural Competence to Health Care Professionals

Authors

  • Cortney Hughes Rinker George Mason University
  • Megumi Inoue George Mason University
  • Rebecca Vargas-Jackson George Mason University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2017.184

Abstract

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Published

2017-11-28

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Research Reports

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