How do we define a medical school?: Reflections on the occasion of the centennial of the flexner report

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Karle, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education; Globalization; Medical; Privatization; Quality; Schools; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960677349     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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