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A call to action: gender equity in Canadian anesthesiology

Authors: Miriam Mottiar, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Jason McVicar, MD, FRCPC

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 7/2019

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In recent years, our society has increasingly confronted inequities faced by members of marginalized and disempowered groups. Gender bias has become an important topic of conversation and of academic discourse and research. Despite relevant literature dating back many years, medicine in Canada has only recently started to examine how gender bias has impacted our profession, clinical care, and research agenda. Thus far, the Canadian anesthesiology community has engaged very little in the much-needed introspection on gender bias—something that needs to change. …

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Title: A call to action: gender equity in Canadian anesthesiology
Authors: Miriam Mottiar, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Jason McVicar, MD, FRCPC
Publication date: 01-07-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 7/2019
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-019-01358-z

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