The shift to primary care: Emerging influences on specialty choice

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 1996, Pages S16-S18

  Ellsbury, Kathleen E ^a   Burack, Jeffrey H ^a   Irby, David M ^a   Stritter, Frank T ^a   Ambrozy, Donna ^a   Carline, Jan D ^a   Guo, Jie ^a   Schaad, Douglas C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029911257     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199610000-00031     Document Type: Article

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