ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2022
The feminization of medicine in Latin America: 'More-the-merrier' will not beget gender equity or strengthen health systems.
Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Gender, equity, and resilient primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean: aligned and synergistic goals.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Racial and Gender Discrimination When Tailoring Medical Management to Hypertension Treatment in Latin America.American journal of hypertension · 2025Review
- Global insights on diversity, equity, and inclusion-perspectives and experiences from musculoskeletal radiologists of the International Skeletal Society DEI Committee.Skeletal radiology · 2025Review
- Gender gap in medicine: a call to action for Latin America.Human resources for health · 2025Article
- Feminization of the health workforce in China: exploring gendered composition from 2002 to 2020.Human resources for health · 2024Article
- Dermatology teaching for undergraduate medical students in clinical routine - a structured four-week curriculum.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Gender inequity in the medical profession: the women doctors in Spain (WOMEDS) study.Human resources for health · 2023Article
- Women Representation on Editorial Boards in Latin America Journals: Promoting Gender Equity in Academic Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetrics.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
This viewpoint addresses the lack of gender diversity in medical leadership in Latin America and the gap in evidence on gender dimensions of the health workforce. While Latin America has experienced a dramatic change in the gender demographic of the medical field, the health sector employment pipeline is rife with entrenched and systemic gender inequities that continue to perpetuate a devaluation of women; ultimately resulting in an under-representation of women in medical leadership. Using data available in the public domain, we describe and critique the trajectory of women in medicine and characterize the magnitude of gender inequity in health system leadership over time and across the region, drawing on historical data from Mexico as an illustrative case. We propose recommendations that stand to disrupt the status quo to more appropriately value women and their representation at the highest levels of decision making for health. We call for adequate measurement of equity in medical leadership as a matter of national, regional, and global priority and propose the establishment of a regional observatory to monitor and evaluate meaningful progress towards gender parity in the health sector as well as in medical leadership.
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