The generation and gender shifts in medicine: An exploratory survey of internal medicine physicians

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jovic, Emily ^a   Wallace, Jean E ^b   Lemaire, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; AGE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33745560178     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-55     Document Type: Review

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