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Training of Kuwaiti medical doctors and their specialty choices: sociocultural impact
Author(s) -
BANA L.,
AHMED B.,
SHAKIR R. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1990.tb02663.x
Subject(s) - expatriate , specialty , sociocultural evolution , medical education , health care , medicine , nursing , order (exchange) , family medicine , psychology , business , political science , finance , law
Summary. 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.