Payback time: The associations of debt and income with medical student career choice

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 983-991

  Grayson, Martha S ^a   Newton, Dale A ^b   Thompson, Lori F ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866467031     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04340.x     Document Type: Article

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