Gender descrimination and sexual harassment in medical education: Perspective gained by a 14-school study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 12 I, 2002, Pages 1226-1234

  Nora, Lois Margaret ^a,b   McLaughlin, Margaret A ^c   Fosson, Sue E ^g   Stratton, Terry D ^g   Murphy Spencer, Amy ^g   Fincher, Ruth Marie E ^d   German, Deborah C ^e   Seiden, David ^f   Witzke, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036956275     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200212000-00018     Document Type: Article

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