Doctors who considered but did not pursue specific clinical specialties as careers: Questionnaire surveys

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 166-176

  Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Goldacre, Raph ^a   Lambert, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861473356     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.110173     Document Type: Article

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