Fatal flows - Doctors on the move

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1850-1852

  Chen, Lincoln C ^a   Boufford, Jo Ivey ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; CAREER MOBILITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; NOTE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CAREER MOBILITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27244432427     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe058188     Document Type: Editorial

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