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Original Article

Why do Danish junior doctors choose general practice as their future specialty? Results of a mixed-methods survey

Gunver LillevangResearch Unit and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Correspondence[email protected]
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Mikael HenriksenCopenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, Copenhagen, Denmark; View further author information
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John BrodersenResearch Unit and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; ;Primary Healthcare Research Unit, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9369-3376View further author information
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Karolina LewandowskaOstend Medical Centre, Waiheke, New Zealand; View further author information
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Niels Kristian KjærResearch Unit for General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkView further author information
Pages 149-156 | Received 14 Oct 2018, Accepted 24 Jun 2019, Published online: 24 Jul 2019

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