Discrimination by good intention: Gender-based medicine

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-41

  Glezerman, Marek ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender based medicine; Women

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; THALIDOMIDE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER BASED MEDICINE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; TERATOGENICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENDER IDENTITY; MEN'S HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65349110309     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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