Comparisons between older and usual-aged medical school graduates on the factors influencing their choices of primary care specialties

Academic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1003-1007

  Xu, Gang ^a   Jon Veloski, J ^a   Barzansky, Barbara ^b  

^a International Medical Education and Research   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030781030     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199711000-00020     Document Type: Article

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