Science without meritocracy. Discrimination among European specialists in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology: A questionnaire survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tacconelli, Evelina ^a,b   Poljak, Mario ^c   Cacace, Marina ^d   Caiati, Giovanni ^d   Benzonana, Nur ^e   Nagy, Elisabeth ^f   Kortbeek, Titia ^g  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d ASDO   (Italy)

^e DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER REVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SALARY; SEXISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873107125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001993     Document Type: Article

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