Maximising medicine through aphorisms

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-162

  Levine, David ^a   Bleakley, Alan ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TEACHING;

APHORISMS AND PROVERBS AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; TEACHING;

EID: 84855835076     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04141.x     Document Type: Article

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