Medical students, money, and career selection: Students' perception of financial factors and remuneration in family medicine

Family Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Morra, Dante J ^a,c   Regehr, Glenn ^b   Ginsburg, Shiphra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949083349     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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