How to make the most of history and literature in the teaching of medical humanities: The experience of the University of Geneva

Medical Humanities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-54

  Louis Courvoisier, Micheline ^a   Wenger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMANITIES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 20444465718     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmh.2004.000206     Document Type: Article

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