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- Title
The Little Brown Woman: Gender Discrimination in American Medicine.
- Authors
Bhatt, Wasudha
- Abstract
Drawing on 121 in-depth interviews with first- and second-generation women and men physicians of Indian origin in the U.S. Southwest, I examine the incidence and nature of gender-based discrimination in American medicine. I focus on two aspects: (1) gender discrimination by employers and colleagues against women physicians of Indian origin and (2) the interaction of gender discrimination with race in the professional lives of first- and second-generation physicians. U.S. healthcare has become increasingly dependent on immigrants, in particular women physicians, from the developing world. I document the significant impact gender and race can have in molding the professional trajectories of Indian women physicians. The experiences of these physicians help clarify the interaction of skilled migrant workers with racial/ethnic and gender relations in U.S. workplaces.
- Subjects
SOUTHWESTERN United States; UNITED States; INDIANS (Asians); WOMEN physicians; SEX discrimination in employment; RACE discrimination in employment; MEDICINE
- Publication
Gender & Society, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 5, p659
- ISSN
0891-2432
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0891243213491140