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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abc</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5935/abc.20130175</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Cartas ao Editor</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Feminiza&#231;&#227;o da medicina</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Grinberg</surname>
            <given-names>Max</given-names>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Lopes</surname>
            <given-names>Antonio Sergio de Santis Andrade</given-names>
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          <named-content content-type="city">S&#227;o Paulo</named-content>
          <named-content content-type="state">S&#227;o Paulo</named-content>
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        <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade de S&#227;o Paulo</institution>
        <institution content-type="orgdiv1">FM </institution>
        <institution content-type="orgdiv2">HC</institution>
        <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>101</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>283</fpage>
      <lpage>283</lpage>
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        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" xml:lang="en">
          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
        <day>20</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2013</year>
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    <p>
      <bold>CARTA AO EDITOR</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Feminiza&#231;&#227;o da medicina</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Max Grinberg; Antonio Sergio de Santis Andrade Lopes</bold>
    </p>
    <p>InCor - HCFMUSP, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brasil</p>
    <p>
      <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="enda">Correspond&#234;ncia</xref>
    </p>
    <p><bold>Palavras-chave:</bold> Feminiza&#231;&#227;o, M&#233;dicas / estat&#237;stica &amp; dados num&#233;ricos; Educa&#231;&#227;o M&#233;dica; Distribui&#231;&#227;o por Idade e Sexo.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Prezado Editor,</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Dados de 2011 sobre mais de 370 mil m&#233;dicos em atividade no Brasil revelam que m&#233;dicas correspondem a cerca de 20% dos com idades de 60 anos ou mais e a cerca de 50% (<underline>&lt;</underline> 29 anos = 53,3% - maioria!) na faixa et&#225;ria aqu&#233;m de 40 anos<sup>1</sup>. Em rela&#231;&#227;o &#224; Cardiologia, em 2008, as mulheres representaram 27,3% dos aprovados na prova para a obten&#231;&#227;o do t&#237;tulo de especialista pela SBC, percentual que subiu para 35,4% em 2012.</p>
    <p>A crescente feminiza&#231;&#227;o do exerc&#237;cio da Medicina, por um lado, facilita sedimentar a confian&#231;a na mulher-m&#233;dica, lembrando que o bom conceito sobre as mesmas estava pouco presente na popula&#231;&#227;o brasileira at&#233; h&#225; cerca de 40 anos. Por outro lado, acarreta novas disposi&#231;&#245;es sobre o ser m&#233;dico brasileiro<sup>2</sup> pela distribui&#231;&#227;o do n&#250;mero de horas entre o exerc&#237;cio profissional (o tempo parcial entre as mulheres est&#225; em expans&#227;o desde 2005 nos EUA<sup>3</sup>) e a vis&#227;o feminina sobre si, fam&#237;lia e lar.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Refer&#234;ncias</bold>
    </p>
    <p>1. Azevedo Junior R. Demografia m&#233;dica. PROSUS SUL SUDESTE Junho 2012. [Citado em 2013 mar 26]. Dispon&#237;vel em <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.cremesp.org.br/pps/eventos/PROPUS%20SUL%20SUDESTE%202012.pptx">http://www.cremesp.org.br/pps/eventos/PROPUS%20SUL%20SUDESTE%202012.pptx</ext-link></p>
    <p content-type="ref-to-delete">2. Grinberg M. O cardiologista brasileiro em forma&#231;&#227;o: diretriz e liberdade. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2009;92(1):e4-5. </p>
    <p content-type="ref-to-delete">3. Belkin L. Should women be doctors? New York Times, New York. [Cited on 2013 mar 26]. Available from: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/should-women-be-doctors/">http://www.parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/should-women-be-doctors/</ext-link> </p>
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      <fn id="enda" fn-type="corresp">
        <label>
          <bold>Correspond&#234;ncia:</bold>
        </label>
        <p> Max Grinberg </p>
        <p> Rua Manoel Antonio Pinto, 04, apto 21A, Parais&#243;polis </p>
        <p> CEP 05663-020, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brasil </p>
        <p> E-mail: </p>
        <p><email xlink:href="max@cardiol.br">max@cardiol.br</email>, </p>
        <p>
          <email xlink:href="grinberg@incor.usp.br">grinberg@incor.usp.br</email>
        </p>
      </fn>
    </p>
    <p>Artigo recebido em 27/03/13; revisado em 17/05/13; aceito em 03/06/13.</p>
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          <subject>Letters to the Editor</subject>
        </subj-group>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title xml:lang="en">Feminization of medicine</article-title>
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      <p>
        <bold>LETTER TO THE EDITOR</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Feminization of medicine</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Max Grinberg; Antonio Sergio de Santis Andrade Lopes</bold>
      </p>
      <p>InCor - HCFMUSP, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brazil</p>
      <p>
        <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="enda-body2">Mailing Address</xref>
      </p>
      <p><bold>Keywords:</bold> Feminization; Physicians, Women / statistics &amp; numerical data, Education, Medical; Age and Sex Distribution.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Dear Editor,</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Data from the year 2011 on more than 370,000 practicing physicians in Brazil reveal that female physicians account for approximately 20% of those aged 60 years or more and about 50% (<underline>&lt;</underline> 29 years = 53.3% - the majority!) in the age range younger than 40 years<sup>1</sup>. Regarding Cardiology, in 2008 women represented 27.3% of those approved by the Examination Board to obtain the title of Specialist by SBC, of which percentage increased to 35.4% in 2012.</p>
      <p>The increasing feminization of medical practice, on the one hand, helps to establish the confidence in female doctors, recalling that they did not have the trust of most of the Brazilian population 40 years ago. On the other hand, it brings about new provisions on being a Brazilian physician<sup>2</sup>, regarding the distribution of the number of hours between the professional activity (part-time work among women has been expanding in the U.S. since 2005<sup>3</sup>) and women's view about themselves, family and home life.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>References</bold>
      </p>
      <p content-type="ref-to-delete">2. Grinberg M. O cardiologista brasileiro em forma&#231;&#227;o: diretriz e liberdade. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2009;92(1):e4-5. </p>
      <p content-type="ref-to-delete">3. Belkin L. Should women be doctors? New York Times, New York. [Cited on 2013 mar 26]. Available from: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/should-women-be-doctors/">http://www.parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/should-women-be-doctors/</ext-link>  </p>
      <p>
        <fn id="enda-body2" fn-type="corresp">
          <label>
            <bold>Mailing Address:</bold>
          </label>
          <p> Max Grinberg</p>
          <p> Rua Manoel Antonio Pinto, 04, apto 21A, Parais&#243;polis</p>
          <p> Postal Code 05663-020, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brazil</p>
          <p> E-mail: </p>
          <p><email xlink:href="max@cardiol.br">max@cardiol.br</email>, </p>
          <p>
            <email xlink:href="grinberg@incor.usp.br">grinberg@incor.usp.br</email>
          </p>
        </fn>
      </p>
      <p>Manuscript received March 27, 2013; revised manuscript May 17, 2013; accepted June 03, 2013.</p>
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