Tackling implicit bias towards Indigenous peoples in Canadian health care through Canadian medical education

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Jobanpreet Dhillon, University of Ottawa

Medical Resident at the Department of Ophthalmology

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2022-09-26

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Singh I, Gill P, Dhillon J. Tackling implicit bias towards Indigenous peoples in Canadian health care through Canadian medical education. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 26 [cited 2024 Dec. 21];14(3):140-2. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/75664

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