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The Changing Face of Medicine : Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America /
The number of women practicing medicine in the United States has grown steadily since the late 1960s, with women now roughly at parity with men among entering medical students. Why did so many women enter American medicine? How are women faring, professionally and personally, once they become physic...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2011]
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| Colección: | The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Feminization of an Evolving Profession
- 3. Applying for Change
- 4. The Gendered Map of Contemporary Medicine
- 5. Gender, Sorting, and Tracking
- 6. Work, Family, Marriage, and Generational Change
- 7. Women Physicians Caring for Patients
- 8. Medicine as a Family-Friendly Profession?
- 9. Conclusion: A Prognosis for Gender and Medical Care
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index