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Research Article

Women doctors in urban general practice: the doctors.

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1985; 290 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.290.6470.755 (Published 09 March 1985) Cite this as: Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1985;290:755
  1. M Cooke,
  2. C Ronalds

    Abstract

    A large study of general practitioners in Manchester showed that women doctors were younger than men doctors, and few were single handed or worked in deprived inner city areas. They had closely similar patterns of care to their male colleagues, and although they worked slightly fewer hours in surgery, they had almost identical consultation times per patient. Women general practitioners were less active in politics and education than men.