Medical professionalism: Conflicting values for tomorrow's doctors

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1330-1336

  Borgstrom, Erica ^a   Cohn, Simon ^a   Barclay, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

medical education; medical professionalism; qualitative research; students' reflections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONALISM; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 78649925744     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1485-8     Document Type: Article

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