Why do residents choose the medical oncology specialty? Implications for future recruitment-results of the 2007 French Association of residents in oncology (AERIO) survey

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-165

  Loriot, Y ^a   Albiges Sauvin, L ^a   Dionysopoulos, D ^a   Bouyon Monteau, A ^a   Boyle, H ^b   You, B ^c   Massard, C ^a   de La Motte Rouge, T ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Demography; Medical oncology; Resident; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; TRAINING;

EID: 77949320858     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp294     Document Type: Article

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