Sex and medicine : gender, power and authority in the medical profession - Pringle, Rosemary (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998)
Introduction-- Women take the field-- The power of gynaecology-- As a fish out of water: women in surgery-- Inside medicine: the physician specialties-- The medical unconscious: anaesthesia and psychiatry-- The subalterns of general practice-- Nursing a grievance: doctor-nurse relations-- Doctors and the women's health movement-- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index.
Keywords: Physicians, Women; Nurses; Power (Psychology).; Prejudice; Feminism; Medicine; Physician-Nurse Relations; Specialization; Women's Health; Australia; England