Choice and rejection of psychiatry as a career: Surveys of UK medical graduates from 1974 to 2009

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-234

  Goldacre, Michael J ^a,b   Fazel, Seena ^a   Smith, Fay ^a   Lambert, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84874835723     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.111153     Document Type: Article

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