Overcoming barriers to teaching the behavioral and social sciences to medical students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 372-380

  Benbassat, Jochanan ^a   Baumal, Reuben ^b   Borkan, Jeffrey M ^c   Ber, Rosalie ^d  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LEARNING; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037392819     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200304000-00009     Document Type: Review

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