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A Short Reflection on COVID-19 and Gender Equality in Healthcare

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The current short reflection aims to investigate the topic relating to healthcare governance, during the Covid-19 pandemic, through the analysis of literature and the study of a case. The CAOS approach allows to map the characteristics of the analysed Institution and the role of women in a highly multidisciplinary healthcare and research context.

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Disclosures

Lisa Licitra has received funding (for her Institution) for clinical studies and research from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eisai, Merck Serono, MSD, Novartis, and Roche; has received compensation for service as a consultant/advisor and/or for lectures from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Debiopharm, Eisai, Merck Serono, MSD, Novartis, Roche, and Sobi; she has received travel coverage for medical meetings from Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Debiopharm, Merck Serono, MSD, and Sobi.

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  1. National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (Fondazione CNAO), Pavia, Italy

    Ester Orlandi, Maria Rosaria Fiore, Barbara Vischioni, Viviana Vitolo, Chiara Campo, Angelica Facoetti, Monica Necchi, Amelia Barcellini, Sara Tampellini, Sandro Rossi & Gianluca Vago

  2. Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Francesca Dal Mas & Holly Band

  3. Department of Law and Economics of Productive Activities, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Paola Paoloni

  4. Head and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Lisa Licitra

  5. Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Lisa Licitra

  6. University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Gianluca Vago

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Orlandi, E. et al. (2022). A Short Reflection on COVID-19 and Gender Equality in Healthcare. In: Paoloni, P., Lombardi, R. (eds) Organizational Resilience and Female Entrepreneurship During Crises. SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89412-2_5

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