Gender and power: The Irish hysterectomy scandal

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 643-655

  McCarthy, Joan ^a   Murphy, Sharon ^a   Loughrey, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Feminism; Gender; Hysterectomy; Malpractice; Moral; Power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IRELAND; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MORALITY;

FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IRELAND; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MORALS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 58149130296     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008092873     Document Type: Article

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