The feminisation of Canadian medicine and its impact upon doctor productivity

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 442-448

  Weizblit, Nataly ^b   Noble, Jason ^a   Baerlocher, Mark Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHIATRY; WORKING TIME;

CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 64749090218     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03309.x     Document Type: Article

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