Perspective: Medical education in medical ethics and humanities as the foundation for developing medical professionalism

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-341

  Doukas, David J ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Wear, Stephen ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84858141672     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318244728c     Document Type: Review

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