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Women in Medicine

Addressing the gender disparity in healthcare

Coronavirus Disease 2019
# This Is Our Shot

Jennifer M. Weiss M.D. on January 2, 2021

As physicians and clinicians decline the vaccine, my head hurts trying to understand the downstream effects. I am numb and tired, discouraged and angry. Yet I plod along.

As physicians and clinicians decline the vaccine, my head hurts trying to understand the downstream effects. I am numb and tired, discouraged and angry. Yet I plod along.

Forgiveness
Don't Blame the Canary

Jennifer M. Weiss M.D. on November 25, 2020

We cannot continue to rely on physician resilience. Our profession is becoming more brutal, and we cannot keep relying on physician professionalism to bridge the gaps.

We cannot continue to rely on physician resilience. Our profession is becoming more brutal, and we cannot keep relying on physician professionalism to bridge the gaps.

Cognition
Physician or Surgeon, but Not "Provider"

Jennifer M. Weiss M.D. on February 5, 2020

Health care administrators would like to lump all clinicians into interchangeable roles, but clinicians and patients lose when language is morphed.

Health care administrators would like to lump all clinicians into interchangeable roles, but clinicians and patients lose when language is morphed.

Consumer Behavior
When Did "Patient" Become a Dirty Word?

Jennifer M. Weiss M.D. on October 7, 2019

I will not let my patients be referred to as "customers." Healthcare must differentiate from consumerism if any semblance of compassionate care is to remain.

I will not let my patients be referred to as "customers." Healthcare must differentiate from consumerism if any semblance of compassionate care is to remain.

Leadership
Time to Make a Change

Jennifer M. Weiss M.D. on May 7, 2019

Physicians have reached a milestone: It is now officially more common to be employed than to own our own practice. I made a shift and so far it has worked.

Physicians have reached a milestone: It is now officially more common to be employed than to own our own practice. I made a shift and so far it has worked.

Bias
The Delta Doctor Incident

Jennifer M. Weiss M.D. on November 8, 2018

More than half of medical students are women. Yet a woman physician on a plane volunteering as a good samaritan was asked not once, but twice, for proof of her medical license.

More than half of medical students are women. Yet a woman physician on a plane volunteering as a good samaritan was asked not once, but twice, for proof of her medical license.