Modernized education of traditional medicine in Korea: Is it contributing to the same type of professionalization seen in Western medicine?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1999-2008

  Kim, Chang Yup ^a   Lim, Byungmook ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Medical education; Professionalism; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; TEACHING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHILOSOPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 1542298864     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00405-2     Document Type: Article

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