Specialty choice in UK junior doctors: Is psychiatry the least popular specialty for UK and international medical graduates?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Fazel, Seena ^a   Ebmeier, Klaus P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; MEDICINE; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PLANNING; MEDICINE; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 76149120434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-77     Document Type: Article

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