Brief communication: Physician interest in volunteer service during retirement

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Sloane, Philip D ^a   Cohen, Lauren W ^a   Konrad, Thomas R ^a   Williams, Christianna S ^a   Schumacher, John G ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT;

EID: 51049089543     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-5-200809020-00006     Document Type: Article

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