“You become a man in a man’s world”: is there discursive space for women in surgery?

Hill, E, Solomon, YJ, Dornan, T and Stalmeijer, R (2015) “You become a man in a man’s world”: is there discursive space for women in surgery? Medical Education, 49. ISSN 1365-2923

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Abstract

The UK set a target of 20% of the surgical consultant workforce to be represented by women by 2009; in 2012, it remains 7%. Studies have attributed this shortfall to the nature of careers in surgery and differing career aspirations among women.