Arguments for and against a career in surgery: A qualitative analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 390-396

  Businger, Adrian ^a   Villiger, Peter ^b   Sommer, Christoph ^b   Furrer, Markus ^b  

^a St Claraspital AG   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Graubunden ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SWITZERLAND; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77955173165     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e98570     Document Type: Article

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