"A gentle and humane temper": Humility in medicine

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-216

  Coulehan, Jack ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051648510     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2011.0017     Document Type: Article

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