Social accountability of medical schools and academic primary care training in Latin America: principles but not practice | Zendy

Klaus Püschel | Zendy; Pablo A. Rojas | Zendy; Andrés Erazo | Zendy; Beti Thompson | Zendy; Joaquín MartínezLópez | Zendy; J. Barros | Zendy

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Social accountability of medical schools and academic primary care training in Latin America: principles but not practice

Author(s) -

Klaus Püschel,

Pablo A. Rojas,

Andrés Erazo,

Beti Thompson,

Joaquín MartínezLópez,

J. Barros

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

family practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955

H-Index - 100

eISSN - 1460-2229

pISSN - 0263-2136

DOI - 10.1093/fampra/cmu010

Subject(s) - latin americans , thematic analysis , medicine , social responsibility , social accounting , medical education , health care , relevance (law) , family medicine , nursing , qualitative research , public relations , economic growth , political science , sociology , social science , accounting , accounting information system , economics , law , business

Latin America has one of the highest rates of health disparities in the world and is experiencing a steep increase in its number of medical schools. It is not clear if medical school authorities consider social responsibility, defined as the institutional commitment to contribute to the improvement of community well-being, as a priority and if there are any organizational strategies that could reduce health disparities.

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