Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (1972)
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To report on physician use of diagnostic codes for child and adult abuse according to national medical care utilization data. ⋯ Diagnostic codes for abuse are not often used. Because these codes represent an important tool for reporting the prevalence and incidence of abuse, such documentation could lead to greater support for health care policies and resource allocation for victims of abuse. Lack of awareness about the diagnostic codes for abuse may be one explanation for underuse, but other barriers are also discussed.
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This women's health curriculum was developed as a specialized track within the internal medicine residency at Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies. It is designed to provide the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to deliver care to women and to foster interest in women's health research. Specific objectives include: 1. ⋯ Critical evaluation of new research data and its impact on women's health care. The knowledge, skills, and attitudes of residents completing this track will b e compared tothose in the traditional program. If successful, this model will be used to train residents in other specialty areas, as well as medical students and other health care professionals in our community.
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J Am Med Womens Assoc · Jan 1997
Women in US medicine: the comparative roles of graduates of US and foreign medical schools.
The feminization of US medicine has occurred historically through two separate phenomena: the increase in the number of female graduates of US medical schools and the in-migration of female graduates of foreign medical schools. Reported here are the findings regarding gender on specialty choice, employment setting, and specialty board certification of 55,031 and 191,723 graduates of foreign medical schools and US medical schools, respectively. ⋯ Foreign-national IMG women were especially overrepresented in pathology, radiology, and anesthesiology, and in certain employment settings such as public hospitals and the Veterans Administration. The findings provide a basis for further study of the causes and consequences of the observed differences.
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In May 1997, President Bill Clinton apologized for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The President's action underscores that in the 25 years since its public revelation, the study has moved from a singular historical event to a powerful metaphor that symbolizes racism in medicine, misconduct in human research, the arrogance of physicians, and government abuse of black people. ⋯ In addition, African-American women may be more reluctant to participate in clinical trials because of the shadow cast by the syphilis study and other incidents of medical abuse. Finally, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study reminds us that the battle against racism must be an integral part of the campaign to improve women's health.
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The use of rape as a tool of persecution is not new, but recognition of the political rape of women as a violation of internationally protected human rights and as a basis for political asylum is. Over the last several years, a number of advances have been made, including human rights instruments that recognize the need to protect women from rape and other sexual abuse; guidelines from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and several countries that acknowledge the political nature of rape and the difficulties experienced by women attempting to assert claims to asylum based on rape or other sexual abuse; and a number of important decisions by individual governments to provide protection to survivors of rape. Legal advancements for women in this area have depended largely on the assistance of medical and psychological experts who have been able to educate adjudicators and advocates on the effects of sexual harm, provide expert testimony in individual asylum cases, and provide critical treatment and support to survivors as they work their way through the process of obtaining legal protection.