Personality and medical specialty choice: Technique orientation versus people orientation

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-35

  Borges, Nicole J ^a   Osmon, William R ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical specialty; Personality; Physician

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002571609     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.2000.1761     Document Type: Article

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