Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 143-149 , August 2011

Bringing gender sensitivity into healthcare practice: A systematic review

  • Halime Celik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, Ethics and Society, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    • Simons & Partners Law Firm, Gulpen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Simons & Partners Advocaten, Rijksweg 73, P.O. Box 20, 6270 AA, Gulpen, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 43 365 30 05; fax: +31 43 365 29 07.
    • ,
  • Toine A.L.M. Lagro-Janssen

      Affiliations

    • Women's Studies Medical Sciences/General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Guy G.A.M. Widdershoven

      Affiliations

    • VU Medical Center, EMGO Institute, Department of Medical Ethics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Tineke A. Abma

      Affiliations

    • VU Medical Center, EMGO Institute, Department of Medical Ethics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 16 July 2009 ,Revised 12 July 2010 ,Accepted 14 July 2010.

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