Intersectionality and underrepresentation among health care workforce: the case of Arab physicians in Israel

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• 作者：Yael Keshet ; Ariela Popper-Giveon ; Ido Liberman
• 关键词：Arabs ; Intersectionality ; Israel ; Medicine ; Underrepresentation
• 刊名：Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：4
• 期：1
• 全文大小：471 KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Administration; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Social Policy;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2045-4015

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Background An intersectionality approach that addresses the non-additive influences of social categories and power structures, such as gender and ethnicity, is used as a research paradigm to further understanding the complexity of health inequities. While most researchers adopt an intersectionality approach to study patients’ health status, in this article we exemplify its usefulness and importance for studying underrepresentation in the health care workforce. Our research objectives were to examine gender patterns of underrepresentation in the medical profession among the Arab minority in Israel.