Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study
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Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study
BACKGROUND A significant number of Lebanese medical graduates have emigrated from Lebanon. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that the repatriation of Lebanese physicians educated abroad has contributed to the international emigration of recent Lebanese medical graduates. METHODS We analyzed the demographic and educational characteristics and the year of registration o...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-195