Vocational training for general practice in inner London. Is there a dearth? And if so what's to be done?

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7023, 1996, Pages 97-101

  Harris, Tess ^a   Silver, Trevor ^a   Rink, Elizabeth ^a   Hilton, Sean ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAREER CHOICE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; TEACHING;

EID: 0030027093     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7023.97     Document Type: Article

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