Women in medicine: The challenge of finding balance

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Mobilos, Sophia ^a   Chan, Melissa ^a   Brown, Judith Belle ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 52149112487     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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