The attitude and perceptions of work-life balance: A comparison among women surgeons in Japan, USA, and Hong Kong China

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-11

  Kawase, Kazumi ^a   Kwong, Ava ^b   Yorozuya, Kyoko ^c   Tomizawa, Yasuko ^d   Numann, Patricia J ^e   Sanfey, Hilary ^f  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EID: 84871730393     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1784-9     Document Type: Review

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