Organisational best practices towards gender equality in science and medicine

The Lancet

Volumn 393, Issue 10171, 2019, Pages 587-593

  Coe, Imogen R ^a   Wiley, Ryan ^b,c   Bekker, Linda Gail ^d  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Shift Health Paradigms Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; MALE; PARITY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCIENCE; SEXISM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SCIENCE; SEXISM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 85061063681     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33188-X     Document Type: Review

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