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Representation of women in medical specialties with particular reference to Sweden
Author(s) -
FREY HELEN
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1980.tb02396.x
Subject(s) - specialty , representation (politics) , family medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , medicine , medical education , psychology , pregnancy , political science , politics , biology , law , genetics
Summary 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.