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This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
A 2020 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that female doctors spend more time with their patients than their male colleagues — clocking in 2.4 additional minutes per ...
Lovisa Årberg (1801–1881) was the first female doctor and surgeon in Sweden; whereas, Amalia Assur (1803–1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden and possibly Europe. Marie Durocher (1809–1893) was a Brazilian obstetrician, midwife and physician. She is considered the first female doctor in Brazil and the Americas.
Female primary care physicians (PCPs) also spend more time per visit with both male and female patients compared to male doctors, which results in a loss of revenue for them, according to a 2020 ...
After the embarrassment of having to visit male doctors with what was considered a “shameful” disease, she resolved to become a doctor herself, in order to help women in similar circumstances. In a women’s paper, she even described the inability of male doctors to tackle such a disease, highlighting how badly female doctors, as well as a ...
The study included nearly 800,000 male and female patients hospitalized from 2016 through 2019. ... Male physicians are also more likely than female doctors to underestimate women ... One name may ...
C. Carolyn Calfee; Emma Louise Call; Donna Campbell; Martha Hughes Cannon; Edna Jackson Carver; Julia Chase-Brand; Alice Chen; Pauline Chen; Jennifer Childs-Roshak
In the study of people ages 65 and older, 8.15% of women treated by female physicians died within 30 days, compared with 8.38% of women treated by male physicians. Can the gender of your doctor ...