An international imperative for gender-sensitive theories in women's health

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-314

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; International; Nursing; Theory; Women's health

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH; HUMAN; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035751728     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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