Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In fact, my wife is scheduled to be one of the women in medicine whose work Ted will document when he's in Boston. My wife is a surgeon and works with many other women doctors. She also works with many women who are not physicians, as well as with numerous men who are nurses, surgical technicians (do you still have that photograph, B.D.?), lab techs, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, EMTs, or who fill other duties throughout the world of medical care but aren't physicians. The CEO of a major teaching hospital where my wife has admitting privileges is a woman. Slightly more than 50% of medical students in the U.S. are women and I am certain that with time a number of them will become grumpy old docs who blame their patients for their own illnesses. Probably in the same proportion as men who became grumpy old docs. Almost...but not quite Leica relevant, anyone out there know who was the first woman admitted to Johns Hopkins medical school? Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 4:11 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Women in Medicine Hi Sonny....hmmmmm....It's interesting that you have rather curiously equated Women in Medicine selectively with nurses, and further...associated docs with "grumpy, and men.... " I agree with your affection about "Women in Medicine" (Ted and Sandy are here at Phoenix Children's Hospital photographing this very week), but to set the record straight...women in medicine today includes many, many, doctors....as well as med students, nurses, and many others... and further, the fact is... many nurses today are men.... Steve > Ted Grant and Sandy Carter are busy preparing a book on one of my > favorite sunjects, "Women in Medicine." > > My mother was a RN, my kids' Mother is a nurse, and increasingly the > frontline caregivers are nurses. > > Last week, we were at Ochsner New Orleans for an appointment for my son > Eric, and the Nurse Practicioner was the first person he saw. > > When I go to the doctor, some grumpy old Doc tells me to stop what I've > been doing to cause whatever is wrong with me. > > http://sonc.com/eric_nurse.htm > > Regards, > > SonC (Sonny Carter) > http://www.sonc.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html