Physician migration at its roots: A study on the factors contributing towards a career choice abroad among students at a medical school in Pakistan

Globalization and Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sheikh, Asfandyar ^a   Naqvi, Syed Hassan A ^a   Sheikh, Kainat ^b   Naqvi, Syed Hassan S ^a   Bandukda, Muhammad Y ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; MEDICINE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STUDENT; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PEER PRESSURE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SALARY; TERRORISM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

PAKISTAN;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870876475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-43     Document Type: Article

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