Women in medicine. A literature review - 1985-1996

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1512-1517

  Hudson, Chris P ^a,b   Kane Berman, Jocelyne ^c   Hickman, Rosemary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^c Provincial Administration of the Western Cape

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CAREER; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MENTORS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREJUDICE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031453763     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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