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Barriers to Women Entering the Field of Orthopedic Surgery

2015; Slack Incorporated (United States); Volume: 38; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3928/01477447-20150902-03

1938-2367

Emily Miller, Dawn M. LaPorte,

Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation

Guest EditorialBarriers to Women Entering the Field of Orthopedic Surgery Emily K. Miller, BA, , and , BA Dawn M. LaPorte, MD, , MD Emily K. Miller, BA and Dawn M. LaPorte, MD Published Online:September 02, 2015https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20150902-03Cited by:33PDFView Full Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMore1.Benton JF. Trotula, women's problems, and the professionalization of medicine in the Middle Ages. Bull Hist Med. 1985; 59(1):30–53. MedlineGoogle Scholar2.The Royal College of Surgeons of England. A brief history of women in surgery. http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/archives/documents. Accessed September 26, 2014. Google Scholar3.Pastena JA. Women in surgery: an ancient tradition. Arch Surg. 1993; 128(6):622–626.10.1001/archsurg.1993.01420180020004 Crossref MedlineGoogle Scholar4.Judge J, O'Brien T. 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