"being the best we can be": Medical students' reflections on physician responsibility in the social media era

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 240-245

  Lie, Désirée ^a   Trial, Janet ^a   Schaff, Pamela ^a   Wallace, Robert ^a   Elliott, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84873407641     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31827bf5fc     Document Type: Article

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