The 'gender gap' in authorship in nursing literature

Objectives: Gender bias has been found in medical literature, with more men than women as first or senior authors of papers, despite about half of doctors being women. Nursing is about 90% female, so we aimed to determine if similar biases exist in nursing literature. Design Taking the eight non-spe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shields, Linda, Hall, J., Mamun, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd. 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47745