Will graduating medical students prefer to practise in rural communities?

South African Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-153

  van Wyk, J M ^a   Naidoo, S S ^a   Esterhuizen, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b University of KwaZulu Natal Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77952334094     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2010.10873958     Document Type: Article

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