The influence of gender and specialty on reporting of abusive and discriminatory behaviour by medical students, residents and physician teachers

Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 250-256

  Oancia, T ^a   Bohm, C ^a   Carr, T ^a   Cujec, B ^b,c   Johnson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical; Prejudice; Psychology; Sex; Social behaviour; Specialties; Students; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHER; TEACHING;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0034026256     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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