International medical graduates and global migration of physicians: Fairness, equity, and justice

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Parsi, Kayhan ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; JOB SATISFACTION; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SALARY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 58049206817     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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