Attitudes toward psychiatry among Irish final year medical students

European Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 407-411

  Sloan, D ^a   Browne, S ^b   Meagher, D ^c   Lane, A ^b   Larkin, C ^b   Casey, P ^c   Walsh, N ^a   O'Callaghan, E ^b,d  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b St John of God Hospitaller Services Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Cluain Mhuire Family Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Medical education; Medical speciality career choice; Medical Students; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; TRAINING;

EID: 0030446011     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(97)82579-5     Document Type: Article

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