Comments on: Female physicians and the Canadian doctor shortage http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/female-physicians-and-canadian-doctor.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/female-physicians-and-canadian-doctor.html/comment-page-1#comment-82501 Anonymous Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/female-physicians-and-the-canadian-doctor-shortage.html#comment-82501 There may well be decreased productivity among women physicians because of the realities of childbearing and families. I don't know if that's proven, but I'll accept the hypothesis.<br/><br/>However, when that female physician is actually in the office seeing patients, are they actually spending more time with each individual patient? I'd say that's a different matter. I won't accept that as a hypothesis. Has that been proven? There may well be decreased productivity among women physicians because of the realities of childbearing and families. I don’t know if that’s proven, but I’ll accept the hypothesis.

However, when that female physician is actually in the office seeing patients, are they actually spending more time with each individual patient? I’d say that’s a different matter. I won’t accept that as a hypothesis. Has that been proven?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/female-physicians-and-canadian-doctor.html/comment-page-1#comment-82495 Anonymous Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/female-physicians-and-the-canadian-doctor-shortage.html#comment-82495 Maybe there is some diminished productivity with women MDs, maybe noy. <br/><br/>However the WHINING by Canadians about their totalitarian medical system, so evident in the lengthy article, is absolutely unbearable. Like spoiled little clueless children, the belly aching by the lobotomized Canadian populace about their third rate system is nauseating.<br/><br/>Ed Sodao MD Maybe there is some diminished productivity with women MDs, maybe noy.

However the WHINING by Canadians about their totalitarian medical system, so evident in the lengthy article, is absolutely unbearable. Like spoiled little clueless children, the belly aching by the lobotomized Canadian populace about their third rate system is nauseating.

Ed Sodao MD

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