Where have all the general internists gone?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1020-1023

  Bylsma, Wayne H ^a   Arnold, Gerald K ^b   Fortna, Gregory S ^b   Lipner, Rebecca S ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

general internal medicine; physician shortage; primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTAL MAIL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957200242     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1349-2     Document Type: Article

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