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Chapter 1 - Know the Difference: Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

By
Alyson J. McGregor  and
Esther K. Choo
Edited by
Alyson J. McGregor ,
Esther K. Choo  and
Bruce M. Becker
Alyson J. McGregor
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Esther K. Choo
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Bruce M. Becker
Affiliation:
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
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Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine , pp. 1 - 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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