The rape and murder of a medical trainee in a hospital in Kolkata, India has sparked a string of nation-wide protests on the eve of India’s 78th anniversary of Independence from British occupation.
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During the Middle Ages, women were steadily excluded from both the practice and the study of medicine by an overwhelmingly male-dominated, institutional and hierarchical system.
Sensationalism is ingrained in any conversation about abortion because the issue has long stood in for the country’s deepest fears.
Lack of systemic support for women physicians may help explain why it is hard to find a family doctor in Canada.
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