Women doctors were ‘sold a pup’: Mutual support sustains women in a ‘rusting’ health system

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Women doctors were ‘sold a pup’: Mutual support sustains women in a ‘rusting’ health system

Orna McGinn
Women in medicine conference
The New Zealand Women in Medicine conference in May 2022 provided a sense of connection across primary and secondary care, different specialties, regions and levels of experience [Image: Supplied]

Why does a gender-based organisation remain necessary for women doctors in 2023? Orna McGinn explains

It began, as these things do, with nothing more than an idea. The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists had started a Facebook group for wome
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Chiarella, M. The myth of meritocracy: Resisting the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report. In Pearls and Irritations, John Menadue’s Public Policy Journal. Online 11 February 2023.