Female participation in the Australian medical workforce

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Release Date: 01 Jul 1996

Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1996. Female participation in the Australian medical workforce. Cat. no. AMWAC 1996.7. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (1996). Female participation in the Australian medical workforce. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Female participation in the Australian medical workforce. AIHW, 1996.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Female participation in the Australian medical workforce. Canberra: AIHW; 1996.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1996, Female participation in the Australian medical workforce, AIHW, Canberra.

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This is the first report of the Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council on the profile, implications and trends of female participation in the Australian workforce.

ISBN: 978 0 7310 9251 2
Cat. no: AMWAC 1996.7
Pages: 184

Contents
Abbreviations
Terms of Reference of AMWAC and the AMWAC Female Medical Workforce Working Party
Membership of AMWAC
Membership of the AMWAC Female Medical Workforce Working Party
Introduction and Summary of Key Issues
- Background
- Approach of the Working Party
- Australian Medical Workforce Benchmarks
- Main Characteristics of the Female Medical Workforce in Australia
- Key Issues
- Options for Government and the Medical Profession
Recommendations
Some Implications of Increased Female Participation in the Medical Workforce
- Geographic Distribution
- General Practice
- Specialist Practice
- Working Hours
- Retirement Patterns
- Work Practices
- Career Choices
- Family Commitments
- Continuing Medical Education
- Other Leave From the Workforce
- The Single Female Clinician
- Country of Origin/Culture
Conclusions
Appendix A - International Comparisons
References
AIHW Medical Labour Force Profile - The Female Medical Workforce

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