Gender and the surgical workforce

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-328

  Quinlan, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ARTICLE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

BENCHMARKING; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34247853390     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.4.321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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