Women in surgery: A survey in Switzerland

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1119-1121

  Kaderli, Reto ^a   Guller, Ulrich ^a   Muff, Brigitte ^a   Stefenelli, Ulrich ^b,c   Businger, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Spital Bulach ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Services in Statistics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWITZERLAND; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTORS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78449250787     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.245     Document Type: Article

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