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Physician Workforce Disparities and Patient Care: A Narrative Review

Health Equity, 2019
Background: Ensuring the strength of the physician workforce is essential to optimizing patient care. Challenges that undermine the profession include inequities in advancement, high levels of burnout, reduced career duration, and elevated risk for ...
Julie K. Silver, Allison C. Bean, Chloe Slocum, Julie A. Poorman, Adam Tenforde, Cheri A. Blauwet, Rebecca A. Kirch, Ranna Parekh, Hermioni L. Amonoo, Ross Zafonte, David Osterbur   +10 more
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Women physicians and the COVID-19 pandemic: gender-based impacts and potential interventions

Annals of Medicine, 2023
Aim: These are extraordinary times caused by the first global pandemic in our modern era. Physicians and other frontline healthcare providers face unique challenges, for which they have had little formal preparation.
Padmini D. Ranasinghe, Ashley Zhou
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Women in Brazilian neurosurgery

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2010
Medicine remained as a male profession during many centuries, but the proportion of women rose steadily during the second part of the 20th century in the world and in Brazil. In 2006 they became the majority (51.75%) of the new physicians licensed by the
Henrique S. Ivamoto
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Mulheres na cirurgia vascular: uma breve análise do perfil brasileiro

Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2018
Resumo Contexto O aumento da participação feminina no contingente médico brasileiro e mundial tem sido notório; entretanto, o número de mulheres cirurgiãs não acompanha a mesma tendência.
Fernanda Costa Sampaio Silva, Monique Magnavita Borba da Fonseca Cerqueira, Bárbara Beatriz Couto Ruivo, Marita von Rautenfeld   +3 more
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Survey of Women Physicians' Experience with Elected Leadership Positions

Health Equity, 2019
Purpose: Women physicians do not advance in academic promotion or leadership at the same rate as their male counterparts. One factor contributing to academic promotion and advancement is the experience of serving in elected leadership positions. Although
Sasha K. Shillcutt, Sareh Parangi, Sarah Diekman, Reem Ghalib, Robin Schoenthaler, Linda M. Girgis, Ranna Parekh, Hansa Bhargava, Julie K. Silver   +8 more
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Reproductive patterns, pregnancy outcomes and parental leave practices of women physicians in Ontario, Canada: the Dr Mom Cohort Study protocol

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Surveys and qualitative studies suggest that women physicians may delay childbearing, be at increased risk of adverse peripartum complications when they do become pregnant, and face discrimination and lower earnings as a result of parenthood.
Simone Vigod, Maria C Cusimano, Andrea N Simpson, Nancy N Baxter, Amit X Garg, Joel G Ray, Rinku Sutradhar, Eric McArthur   +7 more
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Burden, timing and causes of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Protocol for a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVES: The AMANHI mortality study aims to use harmonized methods, across eleven sites in eight countries in South Asia and sub–Saharan Africa, to estimate the burden, timing and causes of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths. It will generate data to
Abdul Quaiyum, Mohammad, AMANHI study group, Kalonji, Michel, Ngaima, Seige, Nguwo, Andre, Otomba, John, Tshefu, Antoinette   +6 more
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Exploring Factors Associated with Gender Differences in Perceived Stress among Adults with Higher Body Weight in the United States—A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Obesities, 2023
This study aimed to explore factors associated with perceived stress in adults with higher body sizes. An analysis of data from participants who self-reported higher body weight was conducted (n = 1716). The mean (standard deviation) age was 55.92 (15.94)
Nadeeja N. Wijayatunga, Joseph D. Wellman, Kevin Tomasko   +2 more
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An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common with major clinical consequences. In Asian Americans, the HBsAg carrier rate ranges from 2% to 16% which approximates the rates from their countries of origin.
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International women physicians’ perspectives on choosing an academic medicine career

Perspectives on Medical Education, 2013
Concerns about recruiting physicians into academic careers is an international issue. A qualitative study with United States (US) women physicians revealed insights into how, when, and why physicians choose an academic career in medicine.
Nicole J. Borges, Amelia C. Grover, Anita M. Navarro, Trisha L. Raque-Bogdan, Caroline Elton   +4 more
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