Dreams, doubts and discrimination: A look back at 50 years of partial progress for women doctors

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Dreams, doubts and discrimination: A look back at 50 years of partial progress for women doctors

27 September 2023

Lucy O'Hagan

Wednesday 27 September 2023, 12:00 AM

Young woman in a pink shirt and black top with cropped blonde hair raises a fist in the air as she kneels in front of protest signs, one reading 'united for equality'

Lucy O’Hagan is a “second-wave” feminist; there have been third, fourth and fifth waves [Image: FG Trade on iStock]

Why, in 2023, do we need the group New Zealand Women in Medicine? Lucy O’Hagan has some answers

I recall one of my teenagers telling me with great excitement, “Guess what we’re studying in history, Mum? Feminism!” I must have protested because it

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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality

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