Gender in medicine: The views of first and fifth year medical students

Medical Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 246-252

  Field, D ^a,c   Lennox, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Career choice; Career mobility; Education, medical, undergraduate; Male female 18 21; Sex; Students medical sociology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION;

EID: 0030036509     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1996.tb00825.x     Document Type: Article

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