Swiss residents' arguments for and against a career in medicine

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Buddeberg Fischer, Barbara ^a   Dietz, Claudia ^a   Klaghofer, Richard ^a   Buddeberg, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SWITZERLAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33748623628     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-98     Document Type: Article

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