Crisis or renaissance?: A sociology of anatomy in UK medical education

Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 156-173

  Regan de Bere, Samantha ^a   Petersen, Alan ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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