How medical students in their pre-clinical year perceive psychiatry as a career: The study from belgrade

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-212

  Marić, Nadja P ^a,b   Stojiljković, Dragan J ^b   Milekić, Bojana ^b   Milanov, Marko ^b   Stevanović, Darko ^b,c   Jašović Gašić, Miroslava ^a,b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Physiology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Psychiatry; Residency; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHIATRY; SERBIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651225181     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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