The feminization thesis: Discourses on gender and medicine

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-18

  Riska, Elianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 77950702427     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038740701885691     Document Type: Article

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