Abstract
This paper describes the influence of hostility as a trait on medical students' perception of medicine and its specialties. By means of Repertory Grid analysis, the authors compare the preferences of students having internally and externally directed hostility. The findings suggest that students with low levels of internal hostility are attracted to the popular image of the surgeon as a highly achieving and successful individual who is oriented towards cure. In contrast, those with high levels of internally directed hostility show an interest in specialties which allow for close human contact, particularly within general medicine. A psychological interpretation of these findings is offered.
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