Studies have shown that female physicians have a greater involvement in preventive care, particularly for women's health issues. Woodward et al (1996) and Franks & Bertakis (2003) found that women physicians were significantly more likely to provide female-specific preventive services like the Pap smears, breast examinations and mammography. However, studies also revealed that the proportions of patients up to date on preventive screening was the same overall for women and men physicians but women physicians were more likely to perform Pap screening. Patients who saw a woman physician were more likely to receive Pap tests and cholesterol tests, and start mammograms at a younger age. These results persisted even after adjusting for patient …show more content…
They were also more likely than their male colleagues to review their patients' health-related practices during the medical history, although this difference was only significant for reviewing sexual histories. Other studies also showed that male and female patients of women physicians showed higher rates of counseling regarding health habits around various topics such as use of drugs and alcohol, concerns about family violence, Sexually Transmitted Diseases etc. Than those of men physicians. A study by Maheux et al in 1997 examining STD prevention behaviour by Canadian family physicians revealed that women physicians did not differ in the extent to which they took a sexual history, but provided more condom-related preventative counseling to their patients. EFFECTS OF SPECIALTY Specialty may have a strong effect on the provision of preventive services and health-related counseling. Authors concluded that physician specialty might be a more powerful predictor of levels of provision of preventive services. Frank and Harvey (1996) found in the U.S that differences between family physicians and other specialties for counseling on prevention even among men, however women physicians remained significantly more likely to discuss sensitive issues such as sexual history. SOCIAL
Joanne Meyerowitz follows the changes among medical professionals and how a new establishment of a different diagnostic category. It started in the 20th century as the medical community was speculating that sex was far more com...
Physician Assistant is a career choice that entails various specialties and flexibilities that attracts many. Those who desires a path to practice medicine as soon as possible, PA 's lateral mobility allows that to happen. Compared to medical school, PA school requires less time and amount less debt. As the population grows and chronic diseases spreads, The future projection of PA is growing faster than the average careers.
I want to be a physician assistant. I am interested in this career because I like how physician assistants can work in several different specialties. This will give me choices to change my specialty if I do not like the one that I originally choose. Also, I have always been a lifetime learner and I would like to try out different specialties. This will help me to gain more knowledge. After working as a physician assistant, If I decide to become a doctor then I can do that too. I love working with patients. Being a physician assistant would help me to interact more with people and will give me a chance to help others.
When I am older I would love to be a Nurse Practitioner, I enjoy helping people when they are sick and taking care of them. Another reason I want to be a Nurse Practitioner is because my sister is also a Nurse Practitioner.
Throughout history women have suffered from inequalities that differentiate from men, including the right to vote among many others. When New Zealand granted women the right to vote it empowered women from other countries to fight for the vote, where Europe and the Unites States then fought for women’s rights changing them forever. Many suffrage groups were formed, throughout the U.S and Europe, to fight for women’s rights. Two major events, Seneca Falls, and a parade led by Alice Paul, created a turning point for women’s rights.
...orld and are no longer seen as the “weaker sex”. The inclining percent of women becoming doctors could be a large movement to a completely blended population of doctors to chose from. Women are learning that to avoid the control men can enforce on women in the medical workplace they need to strive for success in their profession. Many women may be happy assisting a male doctor but the growing number of female doctors illustrates the point that women want the power and control that their male counterparts currently maintain.
I chose a career as a medical assistant because of the rewards I knew I would experience on a daily basis. Seeing a patient smile because I have helped them understand, or just making them feel comfortable with their visit, is just one of the many perks of my job. Upon graduating from an accredited college such as The College of Health Care Professions (CHCP), I now work for one of the most reputable hospitals in my area. Within two short years of committed studies, I obtained my associate of applied science degree, and then went on to obtain my certification as a medical assistant. There is nothing I have found more fulfilling, strong, secure, or rewarding then choosing to become a medical assistant,
Throughout this essay it will be discussed how female representations affects society, what has changed, if has changed during the years. Representations of women were a crucial subject of discussion especially in the concepts of the gaze that often refers to women as objects of the active gaze. The gaze establishes relationships of power, representing different codes such as dominance and subjugation, difference and otherness (Sturken and Cartwright 2009: 111).
Equality and diversity by Irwin Wendy address the need for equality in healthcare professions and how it affects the individual. Equality and diversity plays a huge role between patients, families and other healthcare professionals. It takes a unique look distinctive when analysing the support needs of patients in terms of equal opportunities as well as their choices and preferences as the National health service opens to a wide range of people to access the services .
Females in the class room are less likely to be encouraged than male students. Women report that the male professors are more willing to help out a male student then a female. This is believed to come from the idea that male students have a higher chance of success in their professional medical careers with reaching their top ranks. Women are often discouraged from continuing with medical school by expressing to them how difficult it is to balance family and professional medical work. This is all based on the gender role that a woman will have a child and leave the medical field or take a break, being seen as a “waste” in the mind of a male professor.
An obstetrician is one thing, and a gynecologist is another. The job is combined together, but the two branches can be worked separately. An obstetrician is a physician who focuses and is trained in the management of pregnancy, labor, and pueperium (the period following childbirth). A physician who has specialized and trained in the health of the female reproductive system is a gynecologist. The reason the jobs are combined is because they’re both all about women. Obstetricians and Gynecologists are physicians who provide general medical care to women. They equip medical care associated with pregnancy or childbirth, and they diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases, especially those affecting the female
In the operation of the healthcare system, gender plays a central role. Gender discrimination in the healthcare exists either in the field of education, workplace or while attending to the patients. Interestingly, as opposed to other areas where discrimination lies heavily to a particular gender; gender inequality in health happens to both women and men. Gender inequality in the health care service negatively affects the quality of care given and perpetuates patient biases to a gender. Also, the gender disparities in the field of health assists researchers and practitioners to study conditions and their probable manifestations within both sexes.
Abstract: A looming social problem is on the horizon in the United States of a critical shortage of primary care doctors to care for the sick within the next ten years. (Bernstein, 2015). This research study aims to reveal the significant impact this shortage will impart on American society if this social problem is not rectified. The results of this research will encourage the reader to ask the questions: what is the cause of the developing shortage of primary care doctors, how will this shortage impact US society, and what implications could this shortage cause? Are there any viable solutions to this emerging social problem?
The doctor patient relationship is an important connection. Doctor-patient confidentiality is based on the idea that a person should not care for medical treatment because they fear the state will share with others.
...ld. Women are most often stereotyped as only being nurses or other lower-end health professionals. There is a huge difference between the percent of males and the percent of females when it comes to more advanced medical fields. A study conducted by Reed and Fischer found that women are not promoted at the same rate as men in medical fields. They feel that women are under-represented in higher medical positions. The CEJA found that there is a large difference in salaries between men and women. Studies show that the average female physician earns 34 percent less than her male counterpart. Female physicians are more likely to earn a relatively low income and are less likely to gain a relatively higher income. For example, while 19 percent of female physicians earned less than $60,000, only 7 percent of male physicians earned less than that same amount (CEJA, 1994).