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

Yael Keshet1, Ariela Popper‐Giveon2, Ido Liberman1
1Western Galilee Academic College, POB 2125, Akko, 24121, Israel
2David Yellin Academic College, 3a Avraham Granot St., Jerusalem, 93706, Israel

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