Bringing gender sensitivity into healthcare practice: A systematic review

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Celik, Halime ^a,b   Lagro Janssen, Toine A L M ^c   Widdershoven, Guy G A M ^d   Abma, Tineke A ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Law Firm Simons and Partners   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Gender; Health; Health care; Implementation; Intersectionality; Mainstreaming; Review

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDLINE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960005915     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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