Are Women Doctors A Waste of Money?

Business Week reports:

Female doctors are more likely to work part time than their male colleagues. Despite many years of feminist discourse society still expects women rather than men to reduce work commitments to look after children and not to return to full time work until the children are older…In addition, more female general practitioners plan to retire before the age of 60 than men, shortening their working life further….Fewer women than men choose to work out of hours, and the increase in women doctors may have partly influenced the recent abdication of out of hours work by general practitioners in the UK. Although some research suggests that younger male doctors are also seeking part time careers, there is little evidence that they are actually opting for this lifestyle.

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