Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: Why a Book about Female Doctors? ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Section One. Introductory Perspectives: Female Doctors in Canada
6. 1. The Feminization of Medicine: Issues and Implications 3
7. 2. “Unsex Me Here!” Gender as a Barrier to Female Practice: A Historical Introduction to Women Doctors in Canada 24
8. Professionalization in Canada – An Annotated Timeline 46
9. 3. Cultural Barriers within Medicine 59
10. 4. Current State of Women in Medicine: The Statistics 83
11. Section Two. Navigating the Reality of Becoming and Being a Female Physician in a Traditionally Male Profession: Social and Cultural Issues
12. 5. Gendered Experience, Role Models and Mentorship, Leadership, and the Hidden Curriculum 107
13. 6. Female International Medical Graduates in Canada 134
14. Section Three. Career Experience: Examining Cultural Patterns within the Medical Community and Health Care System
15. 7. Career Trajectory of Women in Medicine: Taming the Winds That Blow Us 179
16. 8. Quality of Life/Life-Work Balance 211
17. Section Four. Contemporary Perspectives on Women in Medicine
18. 9. Women Physicians as Ethical Decision Makers 233
19. 10. Women and New Forms of Medicine 250
20. 11. Patients, Women Family Doctors, and Patient-Centred Care 271
21. Section Five. Female Doctors in Canada: Futures
22. 12. Female Doctors in Canada: The Way Forward 279
23. Contributors 287