Medical school expansion: Déjà vu all over again?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1121-1125

  Mallon, William T ^a,b  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749083480     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318159cca6     Document Type: Review

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