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Council on Graduate Medical Education. 1995. Fifth report: Women and medicine. Rockville, MD: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, 61 pp.

Annotation: This report presents information on two inter-related topics: physician education in women's health and women in the physician work force. The first section surveys women's health needs, societal changes, current access, changes needed in medical education, and gender biases and inequalities in research. This section also considers changes that would improve the care of women in the future and examines factors affecting physicians' competencies in women's health. The second section of the report reviews women's current involvement in the medical profession and suggests ways to increase their participation. The report, submitted to the Secretary of the U.S. Department and Health and Human Services and to Congress, recommends changes in public policies affecting these topics.

Keywords: Access to health care, Careers, Gender bias, Health status, Medical education, Physicians, Policy development, Professional education, Research, Women's health

Rothenberg PS. 1995. Race, class, and gender in the United States: An integrated study. (3rd ed.). New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 512 pp.

Annotation: This textbook is a collection of essays, poetry, personal reflections, and case histories on racism and sexism in the United States. Sections focus on the legal issues, socioeconomic factors, and cultural stereotypes that perpetuate discrimination in this country.

Keywords: Gender bias, Legal issues, Legislation, Race, Social factors, Textbooks

Blumenthal SJ, ed. 1994. Papers and abstracts from the symposium on women's mental health: Issues for the 90s. Journal of Women's Health 3(6):453-497,

Annotation: This reprint contains papers and abstracts focusing on various issues in women's mental health. The papers were originally prepared for a symposium at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in San Francisco, May 25, 1993. The papers focus on gender differences as a contributing factor to other conditions such as: the effect of gender differences on the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders, on the biological and psychosocial factors, on treatment, and on the cause of those differences; on the relations between gender and personality development and psychopathology; on women and depression; on panic disorders and women; and on eating disorders.

Keywords: Conferences, Depression, Eating disorders, Gender bias, Mental disorders, Mental health, Panic disorder, Personality development, Sex role, Treatment, Women
   

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