Recruitment of U.S. Medical Graduates into Psychiatry: Reasons for Optimism, Sources of Concern

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-259

  Sierles, Frederick S ^a,d   Yager, Joel ^b,c   Weissman, Sidney H ^d,e  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Clinical Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORK;

CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHIATRY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842284269     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.27.4.252     Document Type: Review

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