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Edited by Barbara Barzansky and Norman Gevitz. 246 pp. New York, Greenwood Press, 1992. $49.95. ISBN 0-313-25984-4.

Controversy persists about the importance of the Flexner report of 1910 in the reform of our medical-education system. Was it a revolutionary force or merely a catalyst for changes already in progress? Some undesirable changes in medical education, such as an overemphasis on science and research at the expense of the art of practice, have also been attributed to Abraham Flexner's recommendations. Nevertheless, more than 80 years after its appearance, the report continues to be one of the most frequently cited works on American medical education.

Beyond Flexner is an outgrowth of a conference held at the University of Illinois . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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