Female surgeons encounter well-known gender-based inequities such as lower salary,
less professional promotion opportunities, underrepresentation in leadership positions,
decreased scholarly productivity, more domestic and childrearing responsibilities,
increased work-family conflicts leading to higher rate of divorce, depression, and
burnout, sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Furthermore, despite evidence
that female surgeons have equal or even slightly better patient outcomes than male
surgeons,
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discriminatory perceptions of incompetence and distrust of the female surgeon’s skills
persist.
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Interpreting Signals in the Labor Market: Evidence from Medical Referrals [Job Market
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Working Paper. Harvard University,
November 18, 2017
https://scholar.harvard.edu/sarsons/publications/interpreting-signals-evidence-medical-referrals
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Publication history
Published online: December 23, 2020
Accepted:
December 15,
2020
Received in revised form:
December 14,
2020
Received:
December 12,
2020
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