The impact of contact with psychiatry on senior medical students' attitudes toward psychiatry

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 308-311

  Holm Petersen, C ^a   Vinge, S ^a   Hansen, J ^a   Gyrd Hansen, D ^a  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Career; Denmark; Medical students; Psychiatry; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; SPECIALISM; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34548396292     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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