Career preferences and the work-family balance in medicine: Gender differences among medical specialists

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1235-1246

  Heiligers, Phil J M ^b   Hingstman, L ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career preferences; Gender; Medical specialists; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033975142     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00363-9     Document Type: Article

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