And then there were none: The consequences of academia losing clinically excellent physicians

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 125-126

  Aronoff, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Clinical training; Compensation; Patient care; Physician; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74749098213     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2009.878     Document Type: Editorial

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