Does students' exposure to gender discrimination and sexual harassment in medical school affect specialty choice and residency program selection?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-408

  Stratton, Terry D ^a   McLaughlin, Margaret A ^b   Witte, Florence M ^a   Fosson, Sue E ^a   Nora, Lois Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 15944401338     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200504000-00020     Document Type: Article

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