Types of Medical Careers
American Journal of SociologyPublished 1 November 1949
Oswald Hall
Citations42
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.81
SNIP2.56
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Three distinctive types of medical careers are isolated in terms of how patients are attracted, retained, and passed on to other doctors, how each doctor fits into the system of medical institutions, and how he relates himself to his colleagues.
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Three distinctive types of medical careers are isolated. They are described in terms of how patients are attracted, retained, and passed on to other doctors, how each doctor fits into the system of medical institutions, and how he relates himself to his colleagues.
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Health Professions
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