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Review of final-year medical students' rural attachment at district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: student perspectives

, MBChB, MFamMed (Senior Lecturer) , , MBChB, MFamMed (Facilitator) & , MBChB, DCH, MMed(FamMed), FCFP(SA) (Principal Specialist and Lecturer)
Pages 57-62 | Received 15 Nov 2013, Accepted 17 Feb 2013, Published online: 27 May 2014

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