title: [Gender related problems in medicine--an analysis of questionnaire to male anesthesiologists].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is little information on gender related problems in medicine from a point of view of the male anesthesiologists.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was sent in January 2001 to 300 male anesthesiologists. The questionnaire asked for information on personal and professional demographics, gender inequity, and family responsibility.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 186 responding male anesthesiologists (62.0% response rate), 62.4% of them felt a gender inequity. They felt a gender inequity the most in family responsibility (40% of them). In contrast, those who felt a gender inequity in working ability and promotion were small in number (4.1%, 14.1%, respectively). More than 80% of male anesthesiologists agreed on the need of consideration about night-duty for the female anesthesiologists. On the other hand, 66.7% of them felt that taking place of the female anesthesiologists was a burden on them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More than half of male anesthesiologists felt a gender inequity especially in family responsibility. In addition, it is impressive that most of male anesthesiologists were unaware of gender inequity in promotion in face of the fact that the number of the female professors was very small. Systemic effort is required to grapple with gender inequity problems to change the social organization in the field of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, UBE-Kosan Central Hospital, Ube.
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine; D010822:Physicians, Women; D013038:Specialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce