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By R.S. Downie and Bruce Charlton, with contributions by K.C. Calman and James McCormick. 203 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1992. $49.95. ISBN 0-19-262136-X.

A wise educator once observed that changing a curriculum is as easy as moving a graveyard. That would not come as news to the authors of this book. These two professors from the University of Glasgow are avowed incrementalists, realistically acknowledging the innate conservativeness of medical education while valiantly pressing for change.

Realists though they may be, they have not been deterred from addressing some rather sizable questions. After an interesting journey through the history of British medical education, the authors consider a question that lies at the very heart of the profession. In their words, should doctors be gentlemen . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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