A literature and medicine special study module run by academics in general practice: Two evaluations and the lessons learnt

Medical Humanities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-100

  Jacobson, L ^a   Grant, A ^a   Hood, K ^a   Lewis, W ^a   Robling, M ^a   Prout, H ^a   Cunningham, A M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; TEACHER;

EID: 11144311148     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmh.2004.000176     Document Type: Article

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