Applying feminist theory to medical education

The Lancet

Volumn 393, Issue 10171, 2019, Pages 570-578

  Sharma, Malika ^a,b,c  

^a Casey House Hospice   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Maple Leaf Medical   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICIAN; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; REVIEW; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN;

EID: 85061037863     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32595-9     Document Type: Review

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