‘Lady Doctors’: a Half-Baked Piece of a Rich Pie - a Book Review

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:43:14 +0000

Rao’s title grabs your attention before anything else can –it’s the choice of the phrase “lady doctors” instead of the increasingly used term “women in medicine”. The title is a surprisingly apt presentation of the book – ironic, in the sense that a term that was widely used is rooted in a history of sexism and misogyny, while also unsettling, knowing that it is still predominantly used to refer to female gynaecologists.