Too much medicine happens too often the teachable moment and a call for manuscripts from clinical trainees

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-9

  Caverly, Tanner J ^a   Combs, Brandon P ^b   Moriates, Christopher ^c   Shah, Neel ^d   Grady, Deborah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS;

EID: 84892412972     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9967     Document Type: Editorial

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