Challenging medical knowledge at the source–attempting critical teaching in the health sciences

Agenda

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 25-34

  Müller, Alexandra ^a   Crawford Browne, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

critical diversity theory; gender and sexuality pedagogies; health sciences; MBChB curriculum; Medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061026737     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2013.855527     Document Type: Article

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