Relevance of the Flexner report to contemporary medical education in South Asia

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-339

  Amin, Zubair ^a   Burdick, William P ^b   Supe, Avinash ^c   Singh, Tejinder ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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EID: 76549125054     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c874cb     Document Type: Article

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