Exploring gender differences in the working lives of UK hospital consultants

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 184-191

  Jefferson, Laura ^a   Bloor, Karen ^a   Spilsbury, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Hospitals; Interpersonal Relations; Physician Gender; Qualitative Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CONSULTANT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SPECIALIZATION; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONSULTANTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SPECIALIZATION; STATE MEDICINE; WOMEN; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84923317017     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076814558523     Document Type: Article

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