Prepared but not practicing: Declining pregnancy care among recent family medicine residency graduates

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 423-426

  Chen, Frederick M ^a,b   Huntington, Jane ^a   Kim, Sara ^a   Phillips, William R ^a   Stevens, Nancy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBSTETRICS; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 33745189842     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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