Why Can't a Woman Be More like a Man?

IN recent years, women have gone from being labeled a national treasure to being recognized as a national resource. With that recognition has come a responsibility on the part of medical schools, hospitals, and other educational and training institutions to develop programs and policies that meet the needs of women in medical and residency training.1 Women currently make up over 34 percent of medical students and 28 percent of residents,2 and the proportions are increasing. As a result, the combination of family and training — rather than family in lieu of training or vice versa — has come to the . . .