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.
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