Recruitment into psychiatry: An international challenge

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 805-807

  Lunn, Brian ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; STUDENT RECRUITMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRY; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80053987197     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.615730     Document Type: Review

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