[Gender composition in the medical profession in Europe. Social implications and criticalities.]

In the last twenty years there has been an increase in the proportion of women practicing the medical profession which has occurred in parallel with the increase in participation of women in the scientific professions. Italy has a stable percentage of women at 40% in 2016 compared to 60% in the Baltic countries, Romania and Croatia (1). This increase in the total number obtained did not automatically guarantee women doctors the right to access the roles of leaders and fair economic consideration in all the European countries analyzed. All this affects the quality of life of women and the authority of the knowledge expressed by them, with consequent implications on the economic and social context.