Analogies and metaphors in clinical medicine

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-56

  Masukume, Gwinyai ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^b  

^a MPILO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Zimbabwe)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogies; Clinical medicine; Clinical signs; Medical textbooks; Metaphors; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

EID: 84857869606     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-1-55     Document Type: Article

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