Abstract

TAJER, Débora et al. Gender equity in children health care quality. Anu. investig. [online]. 2011, vol.18, pp.375-380. ISSN 1851-1686.

This research tries to identify gender bias in the process of decision making and therapeutic interventions of the health professionals who work with children, which could have a negative impact in health care quality. To this end, an analysis will be done in the professional / child / family components, regarding the diagnostic and therapeutic decisions, in order to contribute to achieving a better health care quality for children. This may be possible through the use of such information in developing an educational model for training in service, al lowing heal th staf f thought about this aspect of their daily practice. This is an exploratory and descriptive research, which used qualitative methodology to collect and analyze information.

Keywords : Infancy; Gender; Health care quality.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )