Fewer medical graduates are choosing general practice: A comparison of four cohorts, 1980-1995

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-104

  Joyce, Catherine M ^a   McNeil, John J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POSTAL MAIL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 33746768737     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00484.x     Document Type: Article

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