Women in the health profession: between equality and inequalities

  • Mª Inmaculada Pastor Gosálbez Universidad Rovira i Virgili
  • Ángel Belzunegui Eraso Universidad Rovira i Virgili
  • Paloma Pontón Merino Universidad Rovira i Virgili
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CRLA.2012.v30.n2.40210
Keywords: gender, hospitals, organizations, inequalities, professional career

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the obstacles that female doctors should fight along their career. We affirm that the process of feminization of professions like Medicine does not result in an improvement for women professional careers. We also affirm that leadership positions are not distributed proportionately between men and women. The increase of women among Medicine students, residents and doctors is not accompanied by a proportional growth of women in management and leadership positions in hospitals, but there is a low representation of women in top positions. We also point that medical practice is not unrelated to gender discrimination existing in our society but, unlike the widespread view, is a reflection

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Mª Inmaculada Pastor Gosálbez, Universidad Rovira i Virgili
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Ángel Belzunegui Eraso, Universidad Rovira i Virgili
Departamento de Gestión de Empresas Instituto de Estudios del Trabajo
Paloma Pontón Merino, Universidad Rovira i Virgili
Departamento de Gestión de Empresas Instituto de Estudios del Trabajo

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Published
2012-10-08
How to Cite
Pastor Gosálbez M. I., Belzunegui Eraso Á. y Pontón Merino P. (2012). Women in the health profession: between equality and inequalities. Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales, 30(2), 497-518. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CRLA.2012.v30.n2.40210
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Vol. 30 No. 2 (2012): Monográfico: Poder financiero y crisis del empleo
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Miscelaneus

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