Medical students' specialty choice and the need for primary care: Our future

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-167

  Rosenthal, M P ^a   Rabinowitz, H K ^a   Diamond, J J ^a   Markham Jr , F W ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029965495     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70268-2     Document Type: Article

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