Bridging cultural differences in medical practice

the Department of Veterans Affairs， who was a V.A. fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (University of Washington) when this study was conducted， is a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar. ， or the Bioethics Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. This study was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs， The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation， Veterans Health Administration， Health Services Research and Development Service (project IIR 93-131R). Dr. Carrese， the Indian Health Service，。