Introductory remark on the focused issue of medical professionalism

Younsuck Koh

doi:10.5124/jkma.2011.54.11.1122

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Koh: Introductory remark on the focused issue of medical professionalism

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Medical Professionalism

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2011; 54(11): 1122-1123.

Published online: November 15, 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2011.54.11.1122

Introductory remark on the focused issue of medical professionalism

Younsuck Koh, MD

¹Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Younsuck Koh, yskoh@amc.seoul.kr

Received September 15, 2011 Accepted September 25, 2011

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