Doctors' reasons for rejecting initial choices of specialties as long-term careers

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 312-318

  Lambert, Trevor W ^a   Davidson, Jean M ^a   Evans, Julie ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Career choice; Decision making; Education, medical, undergraduate *manpower; Great Britain; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Specialties, medical *manpower

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CAREER CHOICE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0037394221     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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