A history of medical student debt: Observations and implications for the future of medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 840-845

  Greysen, S Ryan ^a   Chen, Candice ^b   Mullan, Fitzhugh ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960375051     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31821daf03     Document Type: Article

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