The generalist disciplines in american medicine one hundred years following the Flexner report: A case study of unintended consequences and some proposals for post-Flexnerian reform

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-235

  Prislin, Michael D ^a   Saultz, John W ^b   Geyman, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 76549118850     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c877bf     Document Type: Article

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