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Fixing the system: Breaking the glass ceiling in health care

✍ Scribed by Barbara J. A. Eiser; Page Morahan

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Weight: 284 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 1093-6092
DOI: 10.1002/lia.1171

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Even though health care organizations clearly need to make full use of all their potential leaders, including women, females continue to be underrepresented in most levels of leadership. What are the major barriers to women's advancement in the health care field, and what strategies can health care organizations use to overcome these barriers?

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