Do we need more doctors?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Bloor, Karen ^a   Hendry, Vivien ^a   Maynard, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 33745747702     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.6.281     Document Type: Review

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