Credentialling immigrant physicians in Israel

Health and Place

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-381

  Shuval, Judith T ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Credentialling; Immigrant; Israel; Latent functions; Licensing; Migration; Physicians; Professions; Soviet medicine; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; LICENSING; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; USSR;

EID: 0032423025     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(98)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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