Women and medicine
By: a conference sponsored by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation ; chaired by Catherine D. DeAngelis ; edited by Mary Hager
Contributors: DeAngelis, Catherine, 1940-; Hager, Mary; Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Publisher: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780914362487
Subjects: Women in medicine; Women medical students; Women Physicians; Students, medical; Congresses; History; Psychology; Leadership
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189).
Table of contents: title: I. Women's entry into medicine; title: Women and medicine: defining the issues in 2006 / Rosemary A. Stevens; title: Women have improved the quality of medicine: a capsule history / Carola Eisenberg; title: Commentary: the present / Ann Boulis; title: An overview of the past: changes in women's representation in medicine / Jordan J. Cohen; title: Commentary: the present / Julie Freischlag; title: Discussion highlights / All attending; title: II. Practice types: career paths; title: individual experiences; title: Early-in-career / Laura Jana; title: Practice/clinic / Regina Benjamin; title: Improvement / Andrea Utz; title: Panel discussion / Carolyn Clancy, Fitzhugh Mullan, James W. Curran; title: III. Conference discussion highlights; title: IV. Commissioned background papers; title: Beyond gendered health professions / Angela Barron McBride; title: Women's entry into the medical profession in the United States since 1970 / Ann Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs.