Toward "harder" medical humanities: Moving beyond the "two cultures" dichotomy

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Polianski, Igor J ^a   Fangerau, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 84855339866     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31823ad204     Document Type: Review

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