Women in general practice: Responding to the sexual division of labour?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-193

  Brooks, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Primary health care; Sexual division of labour; Woman health workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER CHOICE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031805056     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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