Debt, Demographics, and Dual Degrees: American Medicine at the Crossroads. Part 3: A Paradigm Shift or a Return to the Basics?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 537-546

  Ellerin, Bruce E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual degree training; medical science training program; nonphysician caregivers (NPCs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NATURAL SCIENCE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 34447640668     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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