What attracts medical students towards psychiatry? A review of factors before and during medical school

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-377

  Farooq, Kitty ^a   Lydall, Gregory J ^b   Bhugra, Dinesh ^c  

^a OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Castel Hospital Guernsey   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; TEACHING;

CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84884239193     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2013.823855     Document Type: Review

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