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The study compared hospitals in Canada where female surgeons and anesthesiologists made up more than 35% of the surgical teams to hospitals with a smaller share of female doctors.
Joan Refshauge (1906–1979) was the first female doctor appointed to Papua New Guinea by the Australian government in 1947. [147] [148] Henriette Bùi Quang Chiêu (1906–2012) was the first female doctor in Vietnam. [149] [150] Sophie Redmond (1907–1955) became the first female doctor in Suriname after graduating from medical school in ...
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from a western medical school Geneva Medical College, where Elizabeth Blackwell graduated in 1849. While both men and women are enrolling in medical school at similar rates, in 2015 the United States reported having 34% active female physicians and 66% active male physicians.
However, high rates of recurrence and severe side effects such as vaginal shortening, bleeding and sepsis have narrowed its uses. A partial upper vaginectomy is still the treatment of choice for certain cases of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia as it has success rates ranging from 69 to 88%. [10]
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A lawsuit brought by surgeon Dr. Deborah Keller highlights gender disparities and workplace discrimination in medicine.
The suicide mortality rate is about the same among male and female doctors, [2] and significantly higher than the general population. [3] [citation needed] Female physicians are at higher risk of attempting suicide than men, [2] [4] showing rates over 250% higher among women and about 70% higher among men versus the general population. In the ...
Metoidioplasty, metaoidioplasty, or metaidoioplasty [2] (informally called a meto or meta) is a female-to-male gender-affirming surgery. [3] Testosterone replacement therapy gradually enlarges the clitoris to a mean maximum size of 4.6 cm (1.8 in) [4] (as the clitoris and the penis are developmentally homologous).