Medical workforce policy-making in Canada, 1993-2003: Reconnecting the disconnected

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 830-836

  Dauphinee, W Dale ^a,c   Buske, Lynda ^b  

^a Medical Council of Canada   (Canada)

^b CMAJ   (Canada)

^c Station T   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MANAGER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETIREMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 33748280478     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200609000-00014     Document Type: Review

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