The Changing Face of Medicine

by Jerry A. Jacobs and Ann K. Boulis

Book Overview

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, professionally and personally, once they become physicians? Are women transforming the way medicine is practiced?

To answer these questions, The Changing Face of Medicine draws on a wide array...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801476623
• ISBN13: 9780801476624
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher