Physician career satisfaction within specialties

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Leigh, J Paul ^a   Tancredi, Daniel J ^a   Kravitz, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DERMATOLOGY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEPHROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 70350635957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-166     Document Type: Article

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