Reasons and remedies for underrepresentation of women in medical leadership roles: A qualitative study from Australia

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Bismark, Marie ^a   Morris, Jennifer ^a   Thomas, Laura ^a   Loh, Erwin ^b   Phelps, Grant ^c   Dickinson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; SEXISM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM; WOMEN;

EID: 84957109690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009384     Document Type: Article

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