Licensing procedures and registration of medical doctors in the European Union

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-238

  Kovacs, Eszter ^a   Schmidt, Andrea E ^b   Szocska, Gabor ^a   Busse, Reinhard ^c   McKee, Martin ^d   Legido Quigley, Helena ^d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research   (Austria)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directive on professional qualifications; Licensing; Professional mobility; Registration; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LAW; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; REGISTRATION; RESPONSIBILITY;

DIRECTIVE ON PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS; LICENSING; PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY; REGISTRATION; REVALIDATION;

EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84902172615     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-3-229     Document Type: Article

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