Without handicap: Issues of medical schools and physically disabled students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 724-729

  Reichgott, Michael J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029682428     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199607000-00003     Document Type: Article

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