Male(Volent) Medicine: Tensions and Contradictions In The Gendered Re/Construction of The Medical Profession in South Africa

South African Review of Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 36-53

  Wildschut, Angelique ^a,b   Gouws, Amanda ^a,b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

femininities; gendered construction; masculinities; professions; women doctors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879150389     PISSN: 21528586     EISSN: 20721978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2013.802536     Document Type: Article

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