Sex, gender and medicine: The case of the nhs

Challenging Medicine: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 146-161

  Doyal, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921307924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203864319     Document Type: Chapter

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