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When and why do doctors decide to become general practitioners? Implications for recruitment into UK general practice specialty training

, BSc MMEd FRCGP (Director of GP Education and Chairman GP National Recruitment Office) & , BM BSc MRCGP MA(Ed) (Associate GP Dean)
Pages 20-24 | Accepted 01 Oct 2010, Published online: 07 Oct 2015

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