Health Care as a Gendered System

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 483-518

  Zimmerman, Mary K ^a   Hill, Shirley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender System; Healthcare Service; Medical Dominance; Sexual Harassment; Woman Physician

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126241843     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-36218-5_22     Document Type: Chapter

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