Does equal education generate equal attitudes? Gender differences in medical students' attitudes toward the ideal physician

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-13

  Verdonk, Petra ^a,b   Harting, Annalies J ^a   Lagro Janssen, Toine L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Radboud University Nijmegen ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34347221951     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1901_3     Document Type: Article

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