Journal article
Historical perspectives on medical professionalism in the Caribbean
- Abstract:
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This paper provides an historical overview of the development of perspectives on medical professionalism and the medical profession in the Caribbean. Two historical periods, colonial and postcolonial, will be explored for continuities and changes in perspectives. Recently, concern over the dilution of medicine’s humanistic qualities has caused increased interest in medical professionalism and ignited a wider movement to reform the profession. Medical education curricula are under renovation a...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies Publisher's website
- Journal:
- West Indian Medical Journal Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2017-12-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-12-15
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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0799-3889
- ISSN:
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0043-3144
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1082479
- Local pid:
- pubs:1082479
- Deposit date:
- 2020-02-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Peters et Youssef
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies at: http://doi.org/10.7727/wimj.2017.106
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