Preparing and retaining rural physicians through medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 810-820

  Pathman, Donald E ^a,b   Steiner, Beat D ^a   Jones, Brett D ^b   Konrad, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0032856612     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199907000-00016     Document Type: Article

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