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Don’t Call Me Lucky: on female physicians’ experiences of gender bias from patientsred ladybug in field of grass

Don’t Call Me Lucky: on female physicians’ experiences of gender bias from patients

Published by Jennifer Lycette, MD on October 26, 2018

update 9/30/2019 – Honorable mention, Online/Print Article, Writer’s Digest 88th Annual Writing Competition!   I recently came across an eye-opening passage on gender bias by the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The excerpt from her book is as follows: Theresa May is the British prime minister and here is how a progressive British newspaper described her husband:…

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On perceptions of female physicians, from planes to preschools.orange poppy in gray background

On perceptions of female physicians, from planes to preschools.

Published by Jennifer Lycette, MD on March 19, 2017

updated 3/17/19 I recently read on kevinmd.com the accounts of female physicians who attempted to help passengers in air flight emergencies . They were incredulously pushed aside and not allowed to provide emergency care. Yes, you read that correctly.  Physicians blocked from providing emergency medical care because the flight attendants didn’t believe they were physicians.…

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