Training of Kuwaiti medical doctors and their specialty choices: sociocultural impact.
Kuwait has a comprehensive and well-structured health care system. However, to deliver such care the country relies on expatriate medical doctors. This paper attempts to discuss the sociocultural influences on the training of Kuwaiti medical doctors and their specialty choices in order to gauge future requirements of the Kuwaiti Health Services.
Bana
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait.
Ahmed
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Shakir
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D002321:Career Choice; D003469:Culture; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine; D010822:Physicians, Women; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013038:Specialization