Gender parity in critical care medicine

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 425-429

  Mehta, Sangeeta ^a,b,c   Burns, Karen E A ^d,e,f   Machado, Flavia R ^g   Fox Robichaud, Alison E ^d,h,i   Cook, Deborah J ⁱ   Calfee, Carolyn S ^j   Ware, Lorraine B ^k   Burnham, Ellen L ^l   Kissoon, Niranjan ^m   Marshall, John C ^e,f   Mancebo, Jordi ^n,o   Finfer, Simon ^p,q   Hartog, Christiane ^r   Reinhart, Konrad ^r,s   Maitland, Kathryn ^t   Stapleton, Renee D ^u   Kwizera, Arthur ^v   Amin, Pravin ^w   Abroug, Fekri ^x   Smith, Orla ^e,f,y   Laake, Jon H ^z   Shrestha, Gentle S ^aa   Herridge, Margaret S ^a,b,ab   more..

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c University of Toronto   (Canada)

^d Canadian Critical Care Society   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁿ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^p GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^r JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^s Global Sepsis Alliance Executive Committee   (Germany)

^t WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^v MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^w BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^x FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^z OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^aa TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^ab UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Critical care; Diversity; Gender; Interprofessional

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BENCHMARKING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PARITY; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STEREOTYPY; FEMALE; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SEX RATIO; SEXISM;

CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXISM;

EID: 85028622358     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0076CP     Document Type: Review

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