Dissecting the doctor: From character to characteristics in North American medical education

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-699

  Whitehead, Cynthia R ^a,b,c   Hodges, Brian D ^a,c   Austin, Zubin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Flexner; Foucault; History; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARACTER; EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; NORTH AMERICA; PREJUDICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHARACTER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NORTH AMERICA; PREJUDICE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84883766628     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9409-5     Document Type: Article

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