Identifying and addressing stresses in international medical graduates

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Kalra, Gurvinder ^a,b   Bhugra, Dinesh K ^a,b   Shah, Nilesh ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LTM Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864629141     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.11040085     Document Type: Article

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