Medical practitioners' knowledge of Latin

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1175-

  Drury, Nigel E ^a,b   Powell Smith, Edward ^a   McKeever, J A ^a  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOMENCLATURE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ABBREVIATIONS; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 18744385796     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01369.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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