Ann K Boulis, Jerry A Jacobs

The Changing Face of Medicine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The number of women practicing medicine in the United States has grown steadily since the late 1960s, with women now roughly at parity with men among entering medical students. Why did so many women enter American medicine? How are women faring...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780801444463
• ISBN-10: 0801444462
• Artikelnr.: 24141775

Autorenporträt

Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Feminization of an Evolving Profession
3 Applying for Change
4 The Gendered Map of Contemporary Medicine
5 Gender, Sorting, and Tracking
6 Work, Family, Marriage, and Generational Change
7 Women Physicians Caring for Patients
8 Medicine as a Family-Friendly Profession?
9 Conclusion: A Prognosis for Gender and Medical CareAppendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index