1. A Call to Action to Address Gender Equity Within Our Specialty: Time's Up on Waiting for Change
- Author
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Laura Baecher-Lind, Katharyn Meredith Atkins, Jodi Abbott, Lauren Schiff, Hope A. Ricciotti, J Biba Nijjar, and Celeste S. Royce
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Male ,Gender equity ,Sexism ,Specialty ,MEDLINE ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Obstetrics and gynaecology ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Workplace ,Societies, Medical ,Medical education ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Workplace culture ,United States ,Call to action ,Obstetrics ,Leadership ,Sexual Harassment ,Gynecology ,Harassment ,Female ,business - Abstract
Although national attention has been focused on sexual harassment and gender inequity in the United States, leaders within the obstetrics and gynecology community have remained relatively silent. Sexual harassment and gender inequity remain pervasive in our specialty. This article serves as a call to action for leadership as well as physicians within obstetrics and gynecology to implement ethical and evidence-based approaches to reduce gender inequity and improve workplace culture within our specialty.
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- 2018