Keeping family physicians in rural practice. Solutions favoured by rural physicians and family medicine residents

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 49, Issue SEPT., 2003, Pages 1142-1149

  Rourke, James T B ^a   Incitti, Filomena ^b   Rourke, Leslie L ^b   Kennard, Mary Ann ^b  

^a Southwestern Ontario Rural Medicine Unit   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; TEACHING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; ONTARIO; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0141651662     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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