Women in hospital medicine: Facts, figures and personal experiences

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Meghen, K ^a   Sweeney, C ^a   Linehan, C ^b   O'Flynn, S ^c   Boylan, G ^d  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute   (Ireland)

^c Department of Marketing and Management ^*  (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; IRELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SURGERY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING MOTHER;

EID: 84874099393     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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