Coping ability of medical and nursing students: A cause of concern

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ramkumar, S ^a   Rakshita, C ^a   Elizabeth, J ^b   Mathews, Joji ^c   Prakash, V S ^c   Sharma, Rajeev ^b  

^a MS Ramaiah Med Teaching Hospital   (India)

^b M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Coping ability; Counselling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655146352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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