Book Review



Book Review

The number of women going into health school and residency and practicing surgery in the United States has developed steadily over the past four decades. The Changing Face of Medicine is an investigation of multiple facets of this change, including societal expansion, immigration, economics, and the women's movement.

The authors, Ann Boulis and Jerry Jacobs, artfully debunk the myth that the number of women who are applying to health school and performing surgery has expanded because a down turn in the status of the health occupation has directed less men to apply to health school. Using multiple statistical investigations, ...