Stunting professionalism: The potency and durability of the hidden curriculum within medical education

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 388-406

  Michaleca, Barret ^a   Hafferty, Frederic W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hidden curriculum; Medical education; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886053474     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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