General surgery in crisis - The critical shortage

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 88-94

  Kahn, D ^a   Pillay, S ^a   Veller, M G ^a   Panieri, E ^a   Westcott, M J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; GRADUATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; POLITICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIALISM; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 33747603904     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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