Gendered careers in post-soviet society: Views on professional qualifications in surgery and pediatrics

Gender Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-245

  Riska, Elianne ^a   Novelskaite, Aurelija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Institute for Social Research   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Gender; Medical profession; Post soviet society; Professional skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950710248     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-008-9063-7     Document Type: Article

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