title: Myth, paradox and the hidden curriculum.
abstract: General medicine as a coherent, integrated, intellectual discipline, is no longer taught in the modern medical school. Although the declared intentions of the curriculum are holistic and integrative, these intentions are subverted by the reductionist and trivializing consequences of much current educational theorizing. Some of the consequences are considered.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marinker
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D007802:Language; D010684:Philosophy; D006113:United Kingdom