Do students' attitudes toward women change during medical school?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 357-361

  Phillips, Susan P ^a   Ferguson, Karen E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX ROLE; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0033537496     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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