Why medical research needs a new specialty of 'pure medical science'

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-165

  Charlton, Bruce G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decline; Efficiency; Funding; Innovation; Medical research; Medical science; Pure science; Therapeutic innovation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FUNDING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; ONCOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646110254     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-2-163     Document Type: Article

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