title: Unified European higher medical degrees.
abstract: Unequal access to higher medical degrees, which are important for career advancement, is a problem that is likely to plague UK medicine as integration within Europe proceeds. This paper analyses the characteristics of M.D.s at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine and proposes a solution of creating a common European doctorate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology and Human Metabolism, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Breimer
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Mikhailidis
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D011643:Publishing; D013548:Sweden