HSS 2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Family Medicine, List Of Universities In Canada, Medicalization
22 Mar 2017
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Witches and healers pwpt continued (cid:498)fed is best(cid:499) Canadian society of obs and gyn: recommended breast feeding exclusively for 6 months and up to 2 years. Online sm shaming of bottle feeding moms (cid:498)mothers should be supported in choosing clinically safe feeding options for their babies(cid:499: understanding now that not everyone can breastfeed. In 2014, 40% of canadian docs were women. More docs graduating in canada than ever before. Over last 10 years, # md degrees awarded by canadian universities increased 60% (from 1757 to 2804) [jobs 4u!] During this period, females consistently made up more than half of new md graduates (between 53% and 60%) Family medicine: women represented 44% of the workforce. Just over 1/3rd (34%) of specialists were women. Women represented majority of young docs in canada (more than half of the workforce younger than 40) ex. Highest in quebec: 63% of physicians younger than 40 were women. 2010: only 30% of all specialties were women.
