Gender and the pre-clinical experiences of female medical students: A taxonomy

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-260

  Babaria, Palav ^a,b   Bernheim, Susannah ^a   Nunez Smith, Marcella ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551659632     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03856.x     Document Type: Article

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