Women surgeons: Career and lifestyle comparisons among surgical subspecialties

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 321-329

  Mackinnon, Susan E ^a,b   Mizgala, Cynthia L ^a,b   McNeill, Irene Y ^a,b   Walters, Beverly C ^a,b   Ferris, Lorraine E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURGERY; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0028839065     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199502000-00012     Document Type: Article

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