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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456586103321

Autore

Boulis Ann K. <1968->

Titolo

The changing face of medicine [[electronic resource] ] : women doctors and the evolution of health care in America / / Ann K. Boulis, Jerry A. Jacobs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N.Y., : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8014-6350-5

0-8014-6349-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Culture and politics of health care work

Altri autori (Persone)

JacobsJerry A. <1955->

Disciplina

610.82

Soggetti

Women physicians - United States

Medical care - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Feminization of an evolving profession -- Applying for change -- The gendered map of contemporary medicine -- Gender, sorting, and tracking -- Work, family, marriage, and generational change -- Women physicians caring for patients -- Medicine as a family-friendly profession?.

Sommario/riassunto

The number of women practicing medicine in the United States has grown steadily since the late 1960's, with women now roughly at parity with men among entering medical students. Why did so many women enter American medicine? How are women faring, professionally and personally, once they become physicians? Are women transforming the way medicine is practiced? To answer these questions, The Changing Face of Medicine draws on a wide array of sources, including interviews with women physicians and surveys of medical students and practitioners. The analysis is set in the twin contexts of a rapidly evolving medical system and profound shifts in gender roles in American society. Throughout the book, Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs critically examine common assumptions about women in medicine. For example, they find that women's entry into medicine has less to do with the decline in status of the profession and more to do



with changes in women's roles in contemporary society. Women physicians' families are becoming more and more like those of other working women. Still, disparities in terms of specialty, practice ownership, academic rank, and leadership roles endure, and barriers to opportunity persist. Along the way, Boulis and Jacobs address a host of issues, among them dual-physician marriages, specialty choice, time spent with patients, altruism versus materialism, and how physicians combine work and family. Women's presence in American medicine will continue to grow beyond the 50 percent mark, but the authors question whether this change by itself will make American medicine more caring and more patient centered. The future direction of the profession will depend on whether women doctors will lead the effort to chart a new course for health care delivery in the United States.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146119303321

Titolo

Analogue and numerical modelling of sedimentary systems [[electronic resource] ] : from understanding to prediction / / edited by Poppe de Boer ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, : International Association of Sedimentologists, 2008

ISBN

1-282-00787-4

9786612007873

1-4443-0313-9

1-4443-0314-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Special publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists ; ; number 40

Altri autori (Persone)

BoerPoppe Lubberts de <1949->

Disciplina

552.5

552/.5

Soggetti

Geology - Italy - Dolomite Alps

Geology, Stratigraphic - Mesozoic

Carbonate rocks - Italy - Dolomite Alps

Sedimentary basins - Italy - Dolomite Alps

Sedimentary structures - Italy - Dolomite Alps - Mathematical models

Sequence stratigraphy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Predicting discharge and sediment flux of the Po River, Italy sincethe Last Glacial MaximumALBERT J. KETTNER and JAMES P.M. SYVITSKIImpact of discharge, sediment flux and sea-level change onstratigraphic architecture of river-delta-shelf systemsGEORGE POSTMA and AART PETER VAN DEN BERG VAN SAPAROEA; Grain-size sorting of river-shelf-slope sediments duringglacial-interglacial cycles: modelling grain-size distributionand interconnectedness of coarse-grained bodiesXANDER D.MEIJER

Modelling the preservation of sedimentary deposits on passivecontinental margins during glacial-interglacial cyclesXANDER D.MEIJER, GEORGE POSTMA, PETER A.BURROUGH and POPPE L.DE BOERModelling source-rock distribution and quality variations:the organic facies modelling approachUTE MANN and JANINE ZWEIGEL1; Spatial data templates: combining simple models ofphysical processes with stochastic noise to yield stable,archetypal landformsPETER A.BURROUGH 1; Models that talk backJOHN C.TIPPER; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding basin-fill evolution and the origin of stratal architectures has traditionally been based on studies of outcrops, well and seismic data, studies of and inferences on qualitative geological processes, and to a lesser extent based on quantitative observations of modern and ancient sedimentary environments. Insight gained on the basis of these studies can increasingly be tested and extended through the application of numerical and analogue forward models. Present-day stratigraphic forward modelling follows two principle lines: 1) the deterministic process-based approach, ideally w