Constraints facing the female medical practitioner in private family practice in the Western Cape

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-169

  Barnes, J M ^a   Moodley, K ^a   De Villiers, P J T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LAW; LEISURE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CAREER CHOICE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL LEAVE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0345320292     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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