The state of diversity in the health professions a century after Flexner

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-253

  Sullivan, Louis W ^a   Suez Mittman, Ilana ^a  

^a Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies   (United States)

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EID: 76549093343     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c88145     Document Type: Article

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