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Women Physicians and Stress [PDF]

Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine, 2000
Most women physicians enjoy better than average physical health and lead satisfying and productive lives. However, higher than average rates of depression, anxiety, marital problems, and substance abuse have been reported by some, but not all, authors.
Stewart, Donna Eileen, Ahmad, F, Cheung, Angela M., Bergman, B, Dell, DL   +4 more
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Development, implementation and evaluation of high-quality virtual preoperative anaesthetic assessment during COVID-19 and beyond: a quality improvement report

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Background Preoperative risk factor identification and optimisation are widely accepted as the gold standard of care for elective surgery and are essential for reducing morbidity and mortality.
Sohail Bampoe, Paul Rafferty, Petar Popivanov, Terry Tan   +3 more
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Women in medicine and dermatology: history and advances [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
The history of women in medicine has been marked by many challenges and achievements. Although the role of women in the "art of healing" can be traced back many centuries, only males are traditionally highlighted in history.
Katlein Franca, Jennifer Ledon, Jessica Savas, Keyvan Nouri   +3 more
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How Has the Pandemic Affected Women in Medicine? A Survey-Based Study on Perceptions of Personal and Career Impacts of COVID-19

Women's Health Reports, 2021
Background: Gender inequity is apparent for women in medicine. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are concerns about how women physicians are personally and professionally impacted. Materials and Methods: Participants of the Women in Medicine
Christina Brown, Shikha Jain, Lekshmi Santhosh   +2 more
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Examination of inattentive gender bias in medicine: Patients’ form of addressing male and female physicians

Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
Gender bias has been found to influence both the patient and the physician populations. To date, studies in the field of gender bias which focused on patients have primarily investigated the quality of treatment and the nature of patient-physician ...
Efrat Naaman, Luda Gelfand Saar, Liron Naftali Ben-Haim, Yoreh Barak, Nitai Bar, Cecilia Labardini, Shiri Soudry   +6 more
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Domestic tethers: Gender differences in career paths and domestic responsibilities of top-research medical school graduates

PLoS ONE, 2022
Introduction Gendered differences in career paths of medical graduates persist globally. We aim to explore the impact of domestic tethers on the career paths of physicians by studying gendered differences in domestic burdens of physicians as well as ...
Eveline Hitti, Dima Hadid, Samia J. Khoury, Hani Tamim, Maha Makki, Charlotte M. Karam   +5 more
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Gender gap–Gender-specific development in the field of obstetrics and gynecology in Germany in the last 20 years

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundGender Gap refers to differences between men and women in terms of access to medical education, career development, and leadership positions in medical practice and research.
Stefan Hertling, Stefan Hertling, Mario Kaiser, Ekkehard Schleußner, Franziska Maria Loos, Niklas Eckhardt, Isabel Graul, Isabel Graul   +7 more
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Mammography screening: views from women and primary care physicians in Crete [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and a leading cause of death from cancer in women in Europe. Although breast cancer incidence is on the rise worldwide, breast cancer mortality over the past 25 years has been ...
Frances Griffiths, Christos Lionis, Tsiftsis Dimitris, Dimitris Tsiftsis, Trigoni, Maria, Tsiftsis, Dimitris, Koumantakis Eugenios, Maria Trigoni, Griffiths Frances, Lionis Christos, Eileen Green, Eugenios Koumantakis, Trigoni Maria, Koumantakis, Eugenios, Green Eileen, Griffiths, Frances, Lionis, Christos, Green, Eileen   +17 more
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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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