The dynamics of professional commitment: Immigrant physicians from the former Soviet Union in Israel

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 965-974

  Shuval, Judith T ^a   Bernstein, Judith ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Commitment; Immigrants; Israel; Physicians; Profession; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; USSR;

EID: 0029983592     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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