Volunteerism among surgeons: an exploration of attitudes and barriers

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-304

  McGinigle, Katharine L ^a,b   Milano, Peter M ^a   Rich, Preston B ^a   Viera, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Graduate; Medical; Surgery; Voluntary worker; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH BELIEF; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGEON ATTITUDE; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

EID: 47049119604     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.10.015     Document Type: Note

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