Future career plans of Malawian medical students: a cross-sectional survey

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mandeville, Kate L ^a   Bartley, Tim ^b   Mipando, Mwapatsa ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Human resources for health; Malawi; Medical education; Migration; Physicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866063042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-29     Document Type: Article

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