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Gender beliefs in medical students

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العنوان: Gender beliefs in medical students
المؤلفون: Pelzer, Benedikt W, Mickevičiūtė, Kristina
المصدر: European journal of internal medicine, Amsterdam : Elsevier Science BV, 2017, vol. 41, p. 1-1 ; ISSN 0953-6205
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: LSRC VL (Lithuanian Social Research Centre Virtual Library) / LSTC VB (Lietuvos socialinių tyrimų centras virtualią biblioteką)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Gender, Male, Female, Physician, Medical education
الوصف: 2015 the Lancet Commission Women and Health stated the important role of women in health care [1]. Following that the UN launched it's ‘Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescent's health, 2016–2030’ program which delivers $25 billion in the next five years for their wellbeing [2]. Even if 70% of Medical Students are women, women's health is often a neglected subject in medical education. Predictively female dominant profession in the future has to react to the fact that currently women are underrepresented in learning about their health but also in their professional careers [3]. The initiatives and studies mentioned beforehand encouraged us to look closer into the issue, its reasoning and report our findings. It was reported that roughly 30% in High Income Countries (HIC) and 57% in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) of students are educated in topics relating women's and children's health in LMIC [4]. The Lancet Commission on Women and Health statement that the undervaluing of women's contribution creates a glass-ceiling which stops women from achieving leadership positions [1]. In an informal survey we randomly selected medical students from across Europe if they think that female physicians are undervalued in European society – in terms of “Who is the better physician?”
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
Relation: http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAPDB33626907&prefLang=en_US
الاتاحة: http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAPDB33626907&prefLang=en_US
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.DD292651
قاعدة البيانات: BASE