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Reasons for considering leaving UK medicine: questionnaire study of junior doctors' comments.

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OBJECTIVES: To study the reasons given by junior doctors trained in the United Kingdom for considering leaving UK medicine. DESIGN: Analysis of replies to postal questionnaire surveys. SETTING: United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: 1326 doctors who qualified in 1999. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Reasons for considering leaving. RESULTS: Of 1047 doctors who indicated that they would stay in medicine but not necessarily in the United Kingdom, 65% (682) gave reasons for leaving that concerned lifestyle, such ...

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10.1136/bmj.38247.594769.ae

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
Role:
Author
Journal:
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) More from this journal
Volume:
329
Issue:
7477
Pages:
1263
Publication date:
2004-11-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1756-1833
ISSN:
0959-8138
Language:
English
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pubs:162602
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uuid:32ec8e07-ff58-4e5a-9945-1819cce3c6d6
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162602
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2012-12-19

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