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Over the last few decades the number of female students enrolling to study medicine has been constantly rising (e.g. Hamel et al. 2006: 310; Buckley et al. 2000: 283; Crompton/Le Feuvre 2003: 38-43; Nonnemaker 2000: 400-401). However, barriers for women in medicine still exist and are reflected by the smaller numbers of women in higher positions (Hamel et al. 2006: 310-311; Buckley et al. 2000: 284; Carnes/Morissey/Geller 2008: 1455-1456; Nonnemaker 2000: 401-404) and the unequal distribution of men and women within one profession (sex segregation), for example women are more likely to be in primary care (Burgess et al. 2012: 508).
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Siller, H., Bader, A., Waldenberger-Steidl, B., Hochleitner, M. (2014). Female and Male Physicians in Academic Medicine: Is Work-Life Balance still an Issue?. In: Thege, B., Popescu-Willigmann, S., Pioch, R., Badri-Höher, S. (eds) Paths to Career and Success for Women in Science. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04061-1_11
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