Evolutionary biology in the medical school curriculum

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 585-587

  Nesse, Randolph M ^a   Schiffman, Joshua D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Darwinian medicine; Evolutionary biology; Medical education

Indexed keywords

DARWINIA;

EID: 0038546737     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0585:EBITMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Short Survey

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