Neutralizing differences: Producing neutral doctors for (almost) neutral patients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1253-1265

  Beagan, Brenda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Gender; Medical education; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034676263     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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