Quality of medical training and emigration of physicians from India

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kaushik, Manas ^a,c   Roy, Ananya ^b   Bang, Anand A ^c   Mahal, Ajay ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INDIA; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849084460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-279     Document Type: Article

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