Polemic: Five proposals for a medical school admission policy

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 491-494

  Cowley, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMANITIES; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POLITICS; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 33747035001     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.013524     Document Type: Article

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