Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances. These documents inform and shape patient care around the world. In this Perspective we discuss the importance of diversity on guideline panels, the disproportionately low representation of women on critical care guideline panels, and existing initiatives to increase the representation of women in corporations, universities, and government. We propose five strategies to ensure gender parity within critical care medicine.
BT - Am J Respir Crit Care Med DA - 182679249711 DO - 10.1164/rccm.201701-0076CP IS - 4 J2 - Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. LA - eng N2 -Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances. These documents inform and shape patient care around the world. In this Perspective we discuss the importance of diversity on guideline panels, the disproportionately low representation of women on critical care guideline panels, and existing initiatives to increase the representation of women in corporations, universities, and government. We propose five strategies to ensure gender parity within critical care medicine.
PY - 2017 SP - 425 EP - 429 T2 - Am J Respir Crit Care Med TI - Gender Parity in Critical Care Medicine. VL - 196 SN - 1535-4970 ER -