Pink-Collar Medicine: Women and the Future of Medicine

Gender Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-34

  Heru, Alison M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247651446     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-005-0008-0     Document Type: Article

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