Country doctors in literature: Helping medical students understand what rural practice is all about

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 724-727

  Shapiro, Johanna ^a   Longenecker, Randall ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EID: 22944489866     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200508000-00003     Document Type: Review

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