American Medical Women's Association:

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Female Doctors Grapple with Salary Inequity

A Philadelphia Inquirer article profiles several women physicians whose experiences reflect the salary differences between male and female physician researchers. The pay gap was found in a recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. AMWA President Gayatri Devi, MD is quoted, "It's much easier to be both a man and a physician than it is to be a woman and a physician."