COMMENTS AND RESPONSES When Most Doctors Are Women TO THE EDITOR: It goes without saying that Levinson and Lurie’s Perspective, “When Most Doctors Are Women: What Lies Ahead?”

(1), has created a great deal of interest and, particularly with physi-cians who are women, a great deal of discussion. My choice of words in the previous sentence, however, really highlights the problem— these women are physicians. We should not attach the label “women physicians. ” We certainly have never used the label “men physi-cians.” A major disappointment in Levinson and Lurie’s article was the lack of hard data or even very specific studies. Our major concern for the future should be that we continue to have enough physicians who are very well trained and dedicated to their profession. Physi-cians are people, with the varied interests, skills, and abilities that exist in the human race. It is most likely true that a smaller propor-tion of physicians who happen to be women choose the strenuous and ambitious careers available in medicine and science. What we must safeguard is the right of physicians who are women to choos