Issues of intervention aimed at preventing prospective surplus of physicians in Japan

Medical Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 488-494

  Asano, Nobuhisa ^a,b   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^a   Kano, Katsumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education medical graduate manpower legislation; Education medical organisation administration manpower; Health services needs and demand organization administration; Japan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; JAPAN; MANPOWER PLANNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0035004618     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2001.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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