Sex and Medicine: Gender, Power and Authority in the Medical Profession

This book asks whether women doctors are making a difference. Based on an extensive survey of general practitioners and specialists from Australia and the UK, the book evokes the culture of modern medicine by describing the experiences of doctors themselves. Pringle takes a characteristically theoretical approach, but writes accessibly and has an insight into a profession that is slowly changing - partly due to pressure from the growing number of female doctors. This original and important work offers new visions of medical practice.