Undergraduate research in primary care: Is it sustainable?

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Jones, Melvyn ^a   Singh, Surinder ^a   Meakin, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

education; ethics; medical; research; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011452031     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423607000461     Document Type: Article

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