Career choices of New Zealand junior doctors

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1229, 2006, Pages 38-45

  Zarkovic, Andrea ^a,b   Child, Stephen ^a   Naden, Gill ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 33344475381     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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