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Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2023; 36(05): 309-314
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1763518
Review Article

Gender Inequity in the Clinical Setting

Erin B. Fennern
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospitals–Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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Sharon L. Stein
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospitals–Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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Abstract

Women in surgery continue to face inequitable treatment from surgical leadership, their peers, hospital staff, and even from their patients. Despite this, women surgeons continue to produce equal, or improved, clinical outcomes for their patients, with their work being given less remuneration than that of their male peers. The cultural stereotypes and biases that drive these inequities are implicit and subtle; however, they have dramatic effects on the lives and careers of women surgeons.

Keywords

gender bias - pay gap - homophily


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Article published online:
08 March 2023

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