To the editor: In 1971, I used to be taking a medical faculty anatomy course at a big Midwestern college as a result of I wanted it for my research in a associated discipline. As a result of I used to be incomes an A, my lab teacher urged me to speak with the chair of the admissions committee for the medical faculty. (“The proof exhibits girls make higher docs. So why do males nonetheless dominate medication?” Opinion, Oct. 4)
When the chair requested me what space I needed to check, I responded OB/GYN. Earlier than I may clarify I needed to do analysis in that space, he instantly interrupted, saying, “We don’t encourage girls to enter that space as a result of they’ve an excessive amount of sympathy for his or her sufferers.”
Dr. David Weill’s description in his op-ed article of the persistent sexism and discouragement of sympathy for sufferers continues to be in play in medication. I’m sorry to listen to that little has modified for the reason that Nineteen Seventies.
Margaret Hamilton, Portland, Ore.
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To the editor: I’m a senior citizen who has had a variety of operations. These surgical procedures have been accomplished efficiently by docs of all races and genders.
So, once I went to get my knee surgical procedure at Kaiser in Baldwin Park, I actually didn’t care who the surgeon was simply so long as she or he was competent.
Then, a number of girls referred to as my spouse and advised her that one doctor specifically was among the best knee surgeons round. They have been proper. I’m a strolling Walker due his experience.
Let’s get away from race and gender politics and let the docs simply do their jobs.
Mark Walker, Yorba Linda
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To the editor: Huzzah for a male physician understanding that ladies are inclined to make higher docs.
I’ve had many male docs, and with just one exception, the feminine docs have at all times spent extra time asking questions and really listening to the solutions, have referred to specialists if wanted, and have had a extra empathetic, caring perspective.
Ellen Butterfield, Pasadena
