Gender in medicine - An issue for women only? A survey of physician teachers' gender attitudes

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Risberg, Gunilla ^a   Johansson, Eva E ^a   Westman, Göran ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CLINICAL TUTORING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SPECIALIZATION; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 3042623803     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-2-1     Document Type: Article

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