Men and women choose different careers in medicine: causes and consequences.

WOMEN MEDICAL GRADUATES OF MCMASTER UNIVERSITY WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS: those in the fields traditionally chosen by women (primary care, general internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, and anesthesia), and those in nontraditional fields (surgery, subspecialties of medicine, and academic medicine). The careers of the two groups of women were then compared with matched groups of men physicians. More women choosing traditional careers …