Attrition among women physicians: response to the perspective titled "Women in medicine - navigating a complex world"

Authors

  • Vinayak Jain Former Intern, and member, Humanities Club [To be Human], Kasturba Medical College
  • Isha Ramneek Dept of Obsetrics & Gynecology, Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur

Keywords:

Health humanities, Women in medicine, Physicians, women, Attrition

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Published

2020-12-04

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Jain, V., & Ramneek, I. . (2020). Attrition among women physicians: response to the perspective titled "Women in medicine - navigating a complex world". Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 7, 230–231. Retrieved from https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/437

Issue

Vol. 7 (2020)

Section

Letter to Editor

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