Geriatric medicine training in UK undergraduate medical schools

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Bartram, Lisa ^a   McGrath, Adrian ^a   Crome, Peter ^b   Crome, Ilana ^b   Corrado, Oliver J ^c   Allen, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33845887207     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259806001973     Document Type: Review

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