"Knife before wife": An exploratory study of gender and the UK medical profession

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-253

  Miller, Karen ^a   Clark, Donna ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Gender; Medical sciences; National Health Service; Role conflict; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749092270     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260810883521     Document Type: Article

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