Managed care is dramatically changing the way the nation pays for health care and fueling
rapid restructuring of health care delivery. In response, the medical profession is confronting …

The growth of managed care is changing the practice of medicine; it has a direct impact on
the quality of care offered to women and may erode gains made in the field of women's …

Objectives To measure the impact of physician gender on patient satisfaction, controlling for
confounding patient variables, and to examine the extent to which differences in satisfaction …

The proportion of women in medicine in the United States is approaching that of men, but
women physicians are still the minority in positions of power. Research has shown that …

Methods A random-selection, cross-sectional study was conducted. Data were collected by
telephone interviews over a 2-year period utilizing a 16-item survey. Inclusion criteria were …

Data from a 1983-84 Quebec generalists' survey were used to compare the professional
attitudes and clinical practices of women physicians with those of their male colleagues. The …

Increasing numbers of women are entering medicine in Canada. In 1959 women accounted
for 6% of the medical school graduates, but by 1989 they accounted for 44%. Although there …

A lengthy questionnaire asking about family background (parents, grandparents, and
siblings), training and career, marriage, children, and gender discrimination was completed …

PURPOSE: To address the experience in women's health care available at the Queen's
University Faculty of Medicine family residency program and to compare the amounts and …

Background: Despite increased efforts to improve the education of trainees in women's
health, little information exists about what women want from their healthcare providers …