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Medical students and professionalism – Do the hidden curriculum and current role models fail our future doctors?

Gavin Matthew JoyntDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5823-3435View further author information
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Wai-Tat WongDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-9486View further author information
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Lowell LingDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, ChinaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6639-7344View further author information
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Anna LeeDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 395-399 | Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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