Nursing, pharmacy, or medicine? Disgust sensitivity predicts career interest among trainee health professionals

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 997-1008

  Consedine, Nathan S ^a   Yu, Tzu Chieh ^a   Windsor, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Career interest; Disgust sensitivity; Emotion; Health careers; Lifestyle values; Medicine; Nursing; Pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CAREER CHOICE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888049055     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9439-z     Document Type: Article

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