Adapting health care institutions and medical schools to societies’ needs

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1999, Pages s11-s20

  Boelen, Charles ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIETY;

EID: 0032765490     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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