Medical students' perceptions in relation to ethnicity and gender: A qualitative study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lempp, Heidi ^a   Seale, Clive ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREER; COMPETITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 33645811556     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-17     Document Type: Article

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