A female doctor status in modern Russian healthcare
Anastasia T. Egorskaya,
Elena S. Zarnitsyna
Abstract:BACKGROUND: The paper shows that despite a legal right to gender equality and feminization of medical professions, women doctors are demonstrated to face challenges in their professional activities so far: a woman doctor's wage is by far lower compared to that of a male doctor; there remains the influence of the “glass ceiling” and gender stereotypes that limits the free potential realization of women doctors in the profession, especially in surgical specialties and in leadership positions.
AIM: To determine … Show more
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