Profession needs a strategy to manage female membership

摘要

Several items in The Pharmaceutical Journal over recent weeks have drawn attention to aspects of pharmacy where gender-linked issues have affected how female pharmacists conduct their professional lives.These include letters concerning representation on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council (most recently,PJ,10 June,p677),difficulties with locum employment (ibid) and new problems for women practising under their maiden names (PJ,20 May,p590).