New Zealand's psychiatrist workforce: Profile, recruitment and retention

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 547-553

  Lau, Trevor ^a   Kumar, Shailesh ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Rotorua Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Career choice; Health manpower; Health services research; Physicians supply and distribution; Professional practice location; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOCATION;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4344634777     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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