Where have all the doctors gone? Career choices of Wits medical graduates

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 414-419

  Price, Max ^a   Weiner, Renay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 20744457417     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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