Women as a driver to address gaps in the global surgical workforce.
Journal
Human resources for health
ISSN: 1478-4491
Titre abrégé: Hum Resour Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101170535
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 03 2023
16 03 2023
Historique:
received:
19
11
2022
accepted:
27
02
2023
entrez:
17
3
2023
pubmed:
18
3
2023
medline:
21
3
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Five billion people around the world lack access to safe and affordable surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetric care. There is a link between countries in which women are underrepresented in the surgical workforce and those struggling to meet their surgical need. In this commentary article, the underrepresentation of women in low- and middle-income country's (LMIC) surgical workforce is discussed. It is argued that the issue is self-reinforcing. On one hand, active change requires a sufficient number of female surgeons to initiate it. On the other, women can only start to penetrate the surgical workforce once they are safe, healthy, and motivated enough to do so, in turn depending on the presence of female surgeons to advocate for their female patients and empower future generations of young girls and women.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36927692
doi: 10.1186/s12960-023-00808-6
pii: 10.1186/s12960-023-00808-6
pmc: PMC10021942
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
22Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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