Perceptions of physiotherapy compared with nursing and medicine amongst minority ethnic and White UK students: implications for recruitment

Physiotherapy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Greenwood, Nan ^a   Bithell, Christine ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Perceptions; Physiotherapy; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 14844363482     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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