Women in the healthcare system.

The comment on the manner in which women are treated in healthcare facilities like others critiquing doctors’ behaviour, comes from researchers in health management. Tragically, doctors don’t seem to take notice of this problem. It may be that they are too busy curing the ill to notice the human, or because medical education lacks the ethics component.

Restructuring medical education.

This article explores instances of dysfunctional behaviour in resident doctors and examines the causes. It looks at the cultural competency training procedures for doctors in some institutions. There is a need for greater competency and diversity training of resident doctors. Counselling services also must be in place for addressing stress issues of doctors. These are important attributes looked for by WHO for accreditation.