Asian doctors in the NHS: Service and betrayal

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 543, 2007, Pages 827-831

  Esmail, Aneez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRANT WORKER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RACISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASIA; FORECASTING; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 35348929376     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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