Posts tagged: cardiology

Dec 22 2008

Does cardiology discriminate against women?

Although the number of female cardiologists have doubled over the past decade, women still represent less than 20 percent of the specialty.

The study (via MedPage Today) draws the ire of cardiologist Dr. Wes, who asks, “does the fact that the field of cardiology (especially interventional cardiology) requires exposure to xrays mean the field of cardiology is discriminatory against women?”

He wonders if the emergencies inherent Read more »