Perceptions of gender-based discrimination during surgical training and practice

Medical Education Online

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bruce, Adrienne N ^a   Battista, Alexis ^b   Plankey, Michael W ^a   Johnson, Lynt B ^c   Blair Marshall, M ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender discrimination; Sexual harassment; Surgery; Women; Women in medicine; Work discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84930623091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v20.25923     Document Type: Article

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