Is medical school selection discriminatory?: New data should be used as a catalyst for change

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7166, 1998, Pages 1097-1098

  Abbasi, Kamran ^a  

^a BMJ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032564206     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7166.1097     Document Type: Editorial

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