Is Academic Medicine Ready for Term Limits?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 180-183

  Austin, Jared P ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SEXISM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; POLITICS; SEXISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85076692021     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003020     Document Type: Review

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