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ERIC Number: EJ588540
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-8612
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Native Americans in the Health Professions: Two Interviews.
Westberg, Jane
Winds of Change, v14 n3 p22-30 Sum 1999
Interviews with Dr. Joseph Bell, president of the American Association of Indian Physicians (AAIP), and Wabanang Kuczek, physician assistant, discuss health-care services needed by Native people, AAIP efforts to recruit Indian students into medicine, links to traditional healing, key health issues facing Indian people, and career opportunities as a physician assistant. Sidebars describe resources for health professions. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indians, Health Needs, Health Services, Higher Education, Interviews, Medical Education, Physicians, Physicians Assistants, Prevention, Professional Associations, Student Recruitment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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