Do South African medical students of rural origin return to rural practice?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 789-793

  de Vries, Elma ^a   Reid, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0242474627     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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