Enhancing cultural competence in medical education
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1Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 2Greenwood Institute of Child Health, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 3Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherland
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