Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-166) and index.
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Introduction -- Social theories about medical work and gender -- Women's entry into medicine and medical practice in the United States -- Conditions influencing women physicians' careers in Scandinavia -- Women physicians in Russia and the Soviet Union -- Does gender matter? women as medical practitioners -- New pioneers: women in pathology -- Women's challenge of medicine: a revolution from within or outside medicine? -- Conclusions.