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The changing face of medicine : women doctors and the evolution of health care in America
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The changing face of medicine : women doctors and the evolution of health care in America

Author: Ann K Boulis; Jerry A Jacobs
Publisher: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2008.
Series: The culture and politics of health care work
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Throughout the book, Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs critically examine common assumptions about women in medicine. For example, they find that women's entry into medicine has less to do with the decline in status of the profession and more to do with changes in women's roles in contemporary society. Women physicians' families are becoming more and more like those of other working women. Still, disparities in  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ann K Boulis; Jerry A Jacobs
ISBN: 9780801444463 0801444462
OCLC Number: 227000217
Description: x, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction -- Feminization of an evolving profession -- Applying for change -- The gendered map of contemporary medicine -- Gender, sorting, and tracking -- Work, family, marriage, and generational change -- Women physicians caring for patients -- Medicine as a family-friendly profession? -- Conclusion : a prognosis for gender and medical care.
Series Title: The culture and politics of health care work
Responsibility: Ann K. Boulis, Jerry A. Jacobs.
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"Throughout the book, Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs critically examine common assumptions about women in medicine. For example, they find that women's entry into medicine has less to do with the decline in status of the profession and more to do with changes in women's roles in contemporary society. Women physicians' families are becoming more and more like those of other working women. Still, disparities in terms of specialty, practice ownership, academic rank, and leadership roles endure, and barriers to opportunity persist. Along the way, Boulis and Jacobs address a host of issues, among them dual-physician marriages, specialty choice, time spent with patients, altruism versus materialism, and how physicians combine work and family." "Women's presence in American medicine will continue to grow beyond the 50 percent mark, but the authors question whether this change in itself will make American medicine more caring and more patient centered. The future direction of the profession will depend on whether women doctors will lead the effort to chart a new course for health care delivery in the United States."--BOOK JACKET.

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