Factors that discourage medical students from pursuing a career in psychiatry

Psychiatrist

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 425-429

  Curtis Barton, Marie T ^a   Eagles, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT RECRUITMENT;

EID: 80755182387     PISSN: 17583209     EISSN: 17583217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.110.032532     Document Type: Article

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