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Review
. 2006 Feb;21(2):203-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.0345.x.

The relevance of cultural distance between patients and physicians to racial disparities in health care

Somnath Saha
Review

The relevance of cultural distance between patients and physicians to racial disparities in health care

Somnath Saha. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Feb.
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