Factors influencing the career choices of physicians trained at Yale- New Haven Hospital from 1929 through 1994

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-317

  Krol, David ^a   Morris, Victor ^d   Betz, Jennifer ^d   Cadman, Ed ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTELLECT; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031932043     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199803000-00020     Document Type: Article

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