Comparing the distress of American and Israeli medical students studying in Israel during a period of terror

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-393

  Kovatz, Susy ^a   Kutz, Ilan ^b   Rubin, Gil ^a   Dekel, Rachel ^c   Shenkman, Louis ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

*Terrorism; Comparative study; Culture; Education, medical, undergraduate; Humans; Israel; Questionnaires; Stress, psychological *aetiology; Students, medical *psychology; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISRAEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645449880     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02409.x     Document Type: Article

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