From contemporary art to core clinical skills: Observation, interpretation, and meaning-making in a complex environment

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1272-1276

  Schaff, Pamela B ^a   Isken, Suzanne ^b,c   Tager, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Museum of Contemporary Art   (United States)

^c Craft and Folk Art Museum   (United States)

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EID: 80053529764     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31822c161d     Document Type: Article

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