Review Article: Prestige and its significance for medical specialties and diseases

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 655-661

  Norredam, Marie ^a   Album, Dag ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diseases; health services; inequity; medical specialities; prestige; priority setting; status

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 36549020060     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940701362137     Document Type: Review

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