I agree, it is breath taking. My observations about why women do or
don't go into particular areas of medicine (diagnostic/procedural
cardiology, orthopaedics are amongst the stereotypes) are not that these
areas are 'demanding' in ways that women can't cope with, but that
factors like entrenched misogyny, reductionst and mechanistic
approaches, rigid training programs, lack of family friendly policies
and the potential tedium of the work are off putting. It is
disappointing to hear these kind of comments from a woman who is
presumably in a position of power such that she might move to challenge
some of the assumptions and make some real changes, rather than follow
the old boys line.
Wendy


Wendy Rogers
Associate Professor Medical Ethics & Health Law
Department of Medical Education
Flinders University, Adelaide
08 8204 3132

Practical Ethics for General Practice
W A Rogers, and A J Braunack-Mayer
OUP 2004: ISBN 0-19-852504-4


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From: Feminist Approaches to Bioethics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Birgitta N. Sujdak Mackiewicz
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:54 AM
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Subject: Re: BBC: Women docs 'weakening' medicine

I'm quite simply speechless at this article for so
many reasons.  I presume that many others are as well
judging from the silence on the list.

Birgitta
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