Women's health in Israel: A feminist perspective

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-62

  Avgar, Amy ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; ISRAEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0030760656     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v25n01_06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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