Rural intentions: Factors affecting the career choices of family medicine graduates

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lu, Diane J ^b   Hakes, Jacquie ^d   Bai, Meera ^d   Tolhurst, Helen ^c   Dickinson, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ALBERTA; CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 48249120362     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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