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Ethnicity in Women Physicians

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Other chapters in this book have reviewed many of the challenges faced by women physicians. Although minority women physicians face these same challenges, they may also face the stress of racism: negative racial stereotypes, alienation, racial isolation, and assumptions about intellectual abilities. In addition, practice choices and the academic climate may present unique challenges to minority women physicians. This chapter reviews the personal and professional characteristics of minority women physicians and some of the important issues they face, including racism and ethnically based harassment, affirmative action, and academic promotion.

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  1. Center for Women’s Health at MCP, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA

    Jada Bussey-Jones M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery/Urology, Director)

  2. University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

    Giselle Corbie-Smith M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine)

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Bussey-Jones, J., Corbie-Smith, G. (2002). Ethnicity in Women Physicians. In: Women in Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0031-1_10

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