Why do doctors choose a career in geriatric medicine?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 469-472

  Briggs, Sally ^a,e   Atkins, Recia ^b   Playfer, Jeremy ^b,c   Corrado, Oliver J ^d  

^a North Western Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b British Geriatrics Society   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career choice; Geriatric medicine; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33750617309     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-5-469     Document Type: Article

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