Attitudes towards psychiatry in pre-clinical and post-clinical clerkships in different medical colleges of Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-263

  Niaz, Unaiza ^a,b   Hassan, Sehar ^a   Hussain, Haider ^c   Saeed, Sofia ^c  

^a Psychiatric Clinic and Stress Research Center   (Pakistan)

^b Defence Housing Authority   (Pakistan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Medical Education; Post clinical Clerkship; Pre clinical Clerkship; Psychiatry; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CAREER; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MONEY; PAKISTAN; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0346361973     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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