Abstract

The position of women doctors has continued to draw the attention of feminists, women’s health advocates and policy-makers as the number of women doctors has increased markedly since the 1970s in most western societies. Despite the remarkable inroads made by women doctors the persistence of gender segregation in the practice of medicine and the existence of a glass ceiling in the careers of women doctors have become signs of the persistence of gender inequality in healthcare and of barriers to the advance of women’s health.

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