Lack of coordination between health policy and medical education: A contributing factor to the resignation of specialist trainees in Fiji?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1291, 2009, Pages 28-38

  Oman, Kimberly M ^a   Usher, Kim ^b   Moulds, Rob ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; STATISTICS;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 63249096847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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