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Original Article

A new approach to developing cross-cultural communication skills

Joel Rosen Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of New Mexico, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Erica S. Spatz Department of Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
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Annelise M.J. Gaaserud Medical School for International Health and Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Henry Abramovitch Department of Behavioral Science, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Baruch Weinreb Center for Medical Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Neil S. Wenger Division of General Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, USA
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Carmi Z. Margolis Medical School for International Health and Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Pages 126-132 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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