Attitudes towards psychiatry of undergraduate medical students at Bayero University, Nigeria

South African Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Aghukwa, N C ^a  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 78650795044     PISSN: 16089685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v16i4.239     Document Type: Article

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