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Susan P. Phillips, MD, MSc, CCFP; Emily B. Austin, MSc

JAMA. 2009;301(8):863-864.

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Over the past century, women have moved from near exclusion from medical schools toward forming the majority of new graduates in medicine, a trend referred to as "the feminization of medicine."¹ While eliminating barriers to entry is a matter of equity and fairness, it has been argued that the real influence of this feminization will be a humanization of the profession and the care it provides.² In reality, the shift toward values that are stereotypically female may be unrelated to a shifting sex makeup of the profession, but rather may have resulted from consumer demand, litigation, or evidence of best practices. On the other hand, a critical mass of female physicians may have contributed to the changes that now make medicine a more welcoming place for women and men, both as patients and practitioners. Nevertheless, working patterns of female physicians . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health and Epidemiology (Dr Phillips) and School of Medicine (Ms Austin), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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