Female surgeons' alcohol use: A study of a national sample of Norwegian doctors

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 436-440

  Rosta, Judith ^a,d   Aasland, Olaf G ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGERY;

EID: 24044434636     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh186     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Aasland, O. G., Amundsen, A., Bruusgaard, D. et al. (1988) Norske legers alkoholvaner [Drinking habits among Norwegian physicians]. Nordisk Medicin 103, 85-89.
2. Aasland, O. G., Amundsen, A., Bovim, G. et al. (1990) Identifisering av patienter med risiko for alkoholskader. Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening 110, 1523-1527.
3. Aasland, O. G. (1994) Trends in smoking and drinking among Norwegian physicians. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Physician Health, Ottawa, Canada.
4. Aasland, O. G. and Wiers-Jenssen, J. (2001) Norske medisinstudenter i utlandet - karriereplaner, personlighet, roeykning og alkoholbruk. Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening 121, 1677-1682.
5. Ahlström, S. (1995) Cultural differences in women's drinking. Contemporary Drug Problems 22, 393-413.
6. Baxter, N., Cohen, R. and McLeod, R. (1996) The impact of gender on the choice of surgery as a career. American Journal of Surgery 172 373-376.
7. Brook, D. (1996) Why do some doctors became addicted? Addiction 91, 317-319.
8. Campbell, D. A., Jr, Sonnad, S. S., Eckhauser, F. E.et al. (2001) Burnout among American surgeons. Surgery 130, 696-702.
9. Casswel, J. (1998) The Women in the Surgeons's Body. Harvard University Press, Cambrige, Massachusettes, London.
10. Davey, J. D., Obst, P. L. and Sheehan, M. C. (2000) The use of AUDIT as a screening tool for alcohol use in the police work-place. Drug and Alcohol Review 19, 49-54.
11. Decker, D., Decker, P., Stratmann, H. et al. (1997) Women in surgery - equal surgeons. Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie 114, 731-733.
12. Den norske lægeforening (2002) Prosent kvinner av alle godkjente spesialister etter spesialitet 1950-2002 (Statistics on female physicians approved specialist in Norway 1950-2002).
13. Dresler, C. M., Padgett, D. L., MacKinnon, S. E. et al. (1996) Experiences of women in cardiothoracic surgery. A gender comparison. Archives of Surgery 131, 1128-1134.
14. Flottorp, S. (1993) Kvinnelige leger - valg av specialitet og karriere (Female physicians-choice of speciality and career). Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening 113, 2111-2116.
15. Frank, E., Browstein, M., Ephgrave, K. et al. (1998) Characteristics of women surgeons in the United States. American Journal of Surgery 176, 224-250.
16. Frank, E., Rimer, B. K., Brogan, D. et al. (2000) U.S. Women Physicians' personal and clinical breast cancer screening practices. Journal of Women's Health&Gender-Based Medicine 9, 791-801.
17. Gjerberg, E. (2001) Medical women - towards full integration? An analysis of the speciality choices made by two cohorts of Norwegian doctors. Social Science&Medicine 52, 179-187.
18. Gjerberg, E. (2002) Gender similarities in doctors' preferences - and gender differences in final specialisation. Social Science&Medicine 54, 591-605.
19. Gjerberg, E. (2003) Women doctors in Norway: The challenging balance between career and family life. Social Science&Medicine 57 1327-1341.
20. Gmel, G., Rehm, J. and Frick, U. (2003) Trinkmuster, Pro-Kopf-Konsum von Alkohol und koronare Mortalität (Per capita volume of alcohol consumption, patterns of drinking and coronary heart disease mortality). Sucht 49, 95-104.
21. Gulbrandsen, P. and Aasland, O. G. (2002) Endringer I norske legers alkoholvaner 1985-2000 (Changes in drinking habits among Norwegian doctors 1985-2000). Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening 29 2791-2794.
22. Harrison, D. and Chick, J. (1996) Trends in alcoholism among male doctors in Scotland. Addiction 89, 1613-1617.
23. Hem, E., Gronvold, N. T., Aasland, O.G. et al. (2000) The prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts among Norwegian physicians. Results from a cross-sectional survey of a nationwide sample. European Psychiatry 15, 183-189.
24. Hem, E., Haldorsen, T., Aasland, O. G. et al. (2005) Suicide rates according to education with particular focus on physicians in Norway 1960-2000. Psychological Medicine 35, 873-880.
25. Hinze, S. W. (1999) Gender and the body of medicine or at least some body parts: (re)constructing the prestige hierarchy of medical specialities. The Sociological Quarterly 40, 217-239.
26. Historisk legestatistikk 1920-2004 (2004) (Historical statistics on physicians in Norway).
27. Hofoss, D. and Gjerberg, E. (1996) Physicians working hours. Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening 114, 3059-3063.
28. Hughes, P. H., Storr, C. L., Brandenburg, N. A. et al. (1999) Physicians substance use by medical speciality. Journal of Addictive Diseases 18, 23-37.
29. Juntunen, J., Asp, S., Olkinuora, M. et al. (1988) Doctors' drinking habits and consumption of alcohol. British Medical Journal 297, 951-954.
30. Kraft, J. M., Blum, T. C., Martin, J. K. et al. (1993) Drinking patterns and the gender mix of occupations: Evidence from a national survey of American workers. Journal of Substance Abuse 2, 157-174.
31. Lambert, T. W., Goldacre, M. J. and Edwards, C. (1996) Career preferences of doctors who qualified in the United Kingdom in 1992 compared with those of doctors qualifying in 1974, 1977, 1980 and 1983. British Medical Journal 313, 19-24.
32. Linn, B. S. and Zeppa, R. (1984) Does surgery attracts students who are more resistant to stress? Annals of Surgery 200, 638-643.
33. McAuliffe, W., Rohman, M. and Wechsler, H. (1984) Alcohol, substance use and other risk-factors of impairment in a sample of physicians-in-training. Advances in Alcohol and Substance Abuse 4, 67-87.
34. McAuliffe, W. E., Rohman, M., Breer, P. et al. (1991) Alcohol use and abuse in random samples of physicians and medical students. American Journal of Public Health 81, 177-182.
35. Oancia, T., Bohm, C., Carry, T. et al. (2000) The influence of gender and speciality on reporting of abusive and discriminatory behaviour by medical students, residents and physicians teachers. Medical Education 34, 250-256.
36. Plant, M. L., Plant, M. A. and Foster, J. (1991) Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: A Scottish study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 28, 195-202.
37. Plant, M. L., Plant, M. A. and Foster, J. (1992) Stress, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: A Scottish study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 17, 1057-1067.
38. Rehm, J., Room, R., Graham, K. et al. (2003) Trinkmenge, Trinkmuster und ihre Beziehung zu Morbiditaet und mortalitaet (Quantity and patterns of drinking and their relation to morbidity and mortality). Sucht 49, 87-94.
39. Revicki, D. A. and Whitley, T. W. (1995) Work related stress and depression in emergency medicine residents. In Organization Risk Factors for Job Stress, Sauter, S. L. and Murphy, L. R. eds. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
40. Rosta, J. (2002) Drinking patterns of physicians. A comparison between Aarhus in Denmark and Mainz in Germany. Drugs, Education, Prevention and Policy 9, 367-376.
41. Saunders, J. B., Aasland, O. G., Barbor, T. F. et al. (1993) Development of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT): WHO collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption - II. Addiction 88, 791-804.
42. Searle, J. (2000) If you want the surgery done well, get a woman to do it! Medical Education 34, 598.
43. Shore, E. R. (1992) Drinking patterns and problems among women in paid employment. Alcohol Health&Research World 16, 160-164.
44. Storr, C. L., Trinkoff, A. M. and Hughes, P. (2000) Similarities of substance use between medical and nursing specialities. Substance Use and Misuse 10, 1443-1469.
45. WHO (2004) Alcohol and Mental Health. Paper No.: EUR/04/5047810/ B12. World Health Organization, Copenhagen.
46. Wilsnack, S. C. and Cheloha, R. (1987) Women's roles and problem drinking across the lifespan. Social Problems 34, 231-248.
47. Wilsnack, S. C. and Wilsnack, R. W. (1991) Epidemiology of women's drinking. Journal of Substance Abuse 3, 133-157.
48. Wilsnack, R. W. and Wilsnack, S. C. (1992) Women, work, and alcohol: failures of simple theories. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 16, 172-179.