Still far to go An investigation of gender perspective in written cases used at a Swedish medical school

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Larsson, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; TEACHER; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649995457     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802516806     Document Type: Article

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