Perspective: The negativity bias, medical education, and the culture of academic medicine: Why culture change is hard

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1205-1209

  Haizlip, Julie ^a   May, Natalie ^a   Schorling, John ^a   Williams, Anne ^b   Plews Ogan, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84866039120     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182628f03     Document Type: Review

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