Here Come the Couples
Authors: Robert H. Fletcher
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1993)

Editorials1 October 1993Here Come the CouplesRobert H. Fletcher, MD, Editor and Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD, EditorRobert H. Fletcher, MD, EditorSearch for more papers by this author and Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD, EditorSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-119-7_Part_1-199310010-00014 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Thirteen years ago, Arnold Relman, in an editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine, announced Here come the women [1]. And so they have. The proportion of women entering U.S. medical schools increased from 5% in 1949 (and just 9% in 1970) to 42% in 1992 [2]. The wave of women entering the profession is moving into practice but has not yet reached senior ranks; 27% of physicians younger than 35 years are women, compared with only 8% of those 55 to 66 years [3]. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of time before what was once nearly an ...References1. Relman AS. Here come the women (Editorial). N Engl J Med 1980; 302:1252-3. Google Scholar2. Bickel J, Galbraith A, Quinnie R. Women in Academic Medicine. Statistics. July 1993. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Medical Colleges; 1993. Google Scholar3. Roback G, Randolph L, Seidman B. Physicians' characteristics and distribution in the U.S. 1990 edition. Chicago: American Medical Association; 1990. Google Scholar4. Wilson MP, Jones AB. Career patterns of women in medicine-1976. In: Spieler C, ed. Women in Medicine. New York: Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation; 1977:89-104. Google Scholar5. Bowman MA, Allen DI. Stress and Women Physicians. Second edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990. Google Scholar6. Levinson W. Tolle SW, Lewis C. Women in academic medicine. Combining career and family. N Engl J Med. 1989; 321:1511-7. Google Scholar7. Diamond P. The private lives of women doctors. Medica. 1984; 2: 40-5. Google Scholar8. Blackwell B. Physician lifestyle and medical marriages. Wisconsin Med J. 1982; 81:23-5. Google Scholar9. Swan J. Kath. Ann Intern Med. 1992; 117:1049-50. Google Scholar10. LaCombe MA. Never marry a doctor. JAMA. 1988; 260:1292. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPhysicians Talking With Their Partners About PatientsA surgeon, a doctor and a baby – combining parenthood with a medical careerGender differences in academic surgery, work-life balance, and satisfactionA Survey of U.S. Physicians and Their Partners Regarding the Impact of Work–Home ConflictMedical Marriages: Time-Sensitive BlissPhysicians Married or Partnered to Physicians: A Comparative Study in the American College of SurgeonsWhen Doctors Marry Doctors: A Survey Exploring the Professional and Family Lives of Young PhysiciansNancy W. Sobecks, MD, Amy C. Justice, MD, PhD, Susan Hinze, PhD, Heidi Taylor Chirayath, MA, Rebecca J. Lasek, PhD, Mary-Margaret Chren, MD, John Aucott, MD, Barbara Juknialis, MA, Richard Fortinsky, PhD, Stuart Youngner, MD, and C. Seth Landefeld, MDWOMEN, MEN, CAREER AND FAMILY IN THE U.S. YOUNG PHYSICIAN LABOR FORCE 1 October 1993Volume 119, Issue 7_Part_1Page: 628-630KeywordsForecastingOrthopedicsSurgeonsTeaWine Issue Published: 1 October 1993 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1993 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...