Where Are the Women? The Underrepresentation of Women Physicians Among Recognition Award Recipients From Medical Specialty Societies

PM and R

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 804-815

  Silver, Julie K ^a,b,c,d   Slocum, Chloe S ^b   Bank, Anna M ^c   Bhatnagar, Saurabha ^b   Blauwet, Cheri A ^b   Poorman, Julie A ^b   Villablanca, Amparo ^e   Parangi, Sareh ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CAREER PLANNING; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85024377143     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.06.001     Document Type: Article

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