Relationship between decile score of secondary school, the size of town of origin and career intentions of New Zealand medical students

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Mitchell, Clinton J ^a   Shulruf, Boaz ^a   Poole, Phillippa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Career choice; Education; Medical; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL;

CAREER CHOICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79952109996     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc10183     Document Type: Article

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