Do geriatricians stay in geriatrics?

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Shah, Uday ^a   Aung, Myo ^a   Chan, Susanna ^a   Wolf Klein, Gisele P ^a  

^a Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Geriatric education; Geriatric fellowship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33746559748     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v27n01_04     Document Type: Article

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