Motivational factors that influence the decision to start medical career

Authors

  • Sergio Soto-Carrasco Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
  • Carlos Escudero Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillan, Chile

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Carlos Escudero, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillan, Chile

Laboratorio de Fisiología Vascular, Grupo de Investigación en Angiogénesis Tumoral. Grupo de Investigación e Innovación en Salud Vascular, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillan, Chile

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Published

2017-05-23

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Soto-Carrasco S, Escudero C. Motivational factors that influence the decision to start medical career. Arch méd Camagüey [Internet]. 2017 May 23 [cited 2025 Aug. 1];21(3):308-10. Available from: https://revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/4894

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2017)

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Letter to the editor

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