We're paid less to do so much more: one female doctor speaks out
If your doctor is a woman, she's likely to spend more time with each patient and often deal with more complex issues, but she'll earn less than male colleagues.
Dr Nikki Stamp FRACS
40d ago
"Some male doctors are in denial regarding the cause and even existence of the pay differential" - a great piece in @smh
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We're paid less to do so much more: one female Dr speaks out smh.com.au/lifestyle/heal… @smh #Medicare fees are structured that way. It rewards 6 minute medicine & is blind to the Drs' gender. There should be no financial penalty for longer consults - full stop.
Hey #girlmedtwitter I’m talking today in @smh about how female GPs are doing unpaid emotional labour for the nation. Thanks @NeelaJan @kate_manne for your work on the subject. Much fangirling. #GirlMedTwitter #justagp
On the role of 'social stuff', female GPs and comprehensive primary health care. "If you want to do good medicine – save lives, improve quality of life, keep Medicare sustainable – you have to do this work" Important article from @thatladydoctor
We're paid less to do so much more: one female doctor 👩⚕️ speaks out, by @thatladydoctor smh.com.au/lifestyle/heal… via @smh @RitikaGoelTO #WomenInMedicine
Misogyny is not an emotion that men feel, its an environment that women experience. 🌹@jilltomlinson @drnikkistamp @drruthmitchell @PeckyDeSilva @LiangRhea @NeelaJan @docranjana