J Educ Eval Health Prof.  2014;11:32. 10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.32.

Medical humanities: developing into a mainstream discipline

• Shankar PR

• KMID: 2380951
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.32

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Humanities*
Humans
Netherlands

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