Medical students’ educational strategies in an environment of prestige hierarchies of specialties and diseases

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Medical students’ educational strategies in an environment of prestige hierarchies of specialties and diseases. / Hindhede, Anette Lykke.

In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2020, p. 315-330.

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Hindhede, AL 2020, 'Medical students’ educational strategies in an environment of prestige hierarchies of specialties and diseases', British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 315-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1703645

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Hindhede, A. L. (2020). Medical students’ educational strategies in an environment of prestige hierarchies of specialties and diseases. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41(3), 315-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1703645

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Hindhede AL. Medical students’ educational strategies in an environment of prestige hierarchies of specialties and diseases. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2020;41(3):315-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1703645

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Hindhede, Anette Lykke. / Medical students’ educational strategies in an environment of prestige hierarchies of specialties and diseases. In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2020 ; Vol. 41, No. 3. pp. 315-330.

Bibtex

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