Abraham Flexner and the era of medical education reform

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Barzansky, Barbara ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 77956152869     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181f12bd1     Document Type: Article

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