Attitudes towards psychiatry: A survey of Romanian medical residents

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-78

  Voinesc, Bogdan I ^a   Szentagotai, Aurora ^b   Coogan, Andrew ^c  

^a EMERGENCY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA;

ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROMANIA;

EID: 75649125653     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.1.75     Document Type: Article

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