Representation of women in medical specialties with particular reference to Sweden
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Education
- Vol. 14 (6) , 428-433
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1980.tb02396.x
Abstract
In 1975 women held 16% of the specialist certificates held by all Swedish doctors. They were over-represented in long-term medical care, holding 56% of the certificates in this specialty, and also in psychiatry (36%), dermatology (30%), paediatrics (27%), anaesthesiology (24%), obstetrics/gynaecology (21%) and ophthalmology (20%). The reasons for the over-representation in these fields are discussed and comparisons made with the conditions in twelve other countries.Keywords
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