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15.03.2019 | Healing Arts: Materia Medica
How Smooth Is the Road for Women in Medicine? A Pregnant Question
verfasst von:
Snigdha Jain, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 7/2019
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Excerpt
“When I was in medical school, if you told me that my doctor in the hospital would be a pregnant woman, I would have laughed, but here she is…..”, my 80-year-old physician patient proclaimed to his visiting golf buddies, a kind smile on his face. I returned his smile in the moment, but as I closed the door, my eyes welled up with tears. Taking refuge in a nearby restroom, I faced my reflection in the mirror through blurry eyes—half of my 5 feet 3 inches short body shaking with anger, the other half with despair. What was intended to be an acknowledgement of the journey countless women have taken to make the shape of a pregnant woman in a long white coat a familiar presence in the hospital, took me on my own journey through the years. …