"Not a university type": Focus group study of social class, ethnic, and sex differences in school pupils' perceptions about medical school

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7455, 2004, Pages 1541-1544

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a   Seyan, Kieran ^a   Boynton, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STEREOTYPY; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 3042701549     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7455.1541     Document Type: Article

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