Equality for people with disabilities in medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7420, 2003, Pages 882-883

  Mercer, Stewart ^a   Dieppe, Paul ^b   Chambers, Ruth ^c   MacDonald, Rhona ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Stoke on Trent Teach Prim C T P   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMPLOYABILITY; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0142074291     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.882     Document Type: Editorial

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