Maheux B, Dufort F, Lambert J, Lévesque A
J Am Med Womens Assoc (1972). 1989 Sep-Oct;44(5):154-8.
Using data obtained from a mail survey of 119 female and 140 male specialists conducted in Quebec in 1983-1984, we compared men and women on their attitudes and on the organizational, professional, and clinical characteristics of their medical practices. Analyses were performed separately for medical and surgical specialists. Gender differences in the clinical practice of medical specialists were found, with women reporting greater attention to the social, preventive, and human aspects of patient care than men. Among surgical specialists, women expressed more favorable attitudes toward the social component in health care than their male colleagues. They also differed from men on indicators measuring various practice characteristics. These findings may reflect gender differences in type of surgical specialty, since the majority of female surgeons were in ophthalmology. Overall, fewer women specialists reported that they had assumed administrative responsibilities. The implications of these results are discussed in the context of the increasing feminization of the medical profession.
利用1983 - 1984年在魁北克对119名女性和140名男性专科医生进行邮件调查所获得的数据，我们比较了男性和女性在医疗实践中的态度以及组织、专业和临床特征。分别对内科和外科专科医生进行了分析。研究发现内科专科医生的临床实践存在性别差异，女性比男性更注重患者护理的社会、预防和人文方面。在外科专科医生中，女性对外科专科医生的临床实践存在性别差异，女性比男性更注重患者护理的社会、预防和人文方面。在外科专科医生中，女性对医疗保健中的社会成分表达了比男性同事更积极的态度。她们在衡量各种实践特征的指标上也与男性不同。这些发现可能反映了外科专科类型上的性别差异，因为大多数女外科医生从事眼科。总体而言，较少有女性专科医生报告她们承担了行政职责。在医学专业女性化程度不断提高的背景下，讨论了这些结果的影响。
