Radically changing the research framework during a health geography study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1829-1833

  Baer, Leonard D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Health geography; International medical graduates; Qualitative research; Rural

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PHYSICIAN; RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036844210     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00317-3     Document Type: Note

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