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Reflections on Psychosomatic Medicine as a Third-Year Medical Student Clerkship: An Integrated Experience That Demonstrates the Biopsychosocial Model

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  1. Consultation—Liaison Service, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University, USA

    James A. Bourgeois O.D., M.D., Debra Kahn M.D. & Mark Servis M.D.

  2. St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Centre for Mountain Health Services, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    James A. Bourgeois O.D., M.D., Debra Kahn M.D. & Mark Servis M.D.

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Bourgeois, J.A., Kahn, D. & Servis, M. Reflections on Psychosomatic Medicine as a Third-Year Medical Student Clerkship: An Integrated Experience That Demonstrates the Biopsychosocial Model. Acad Psychiatry 36, 240–242 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.09080140

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