Striving for work-life balance: Effect of marriage and children on the experience of 4402 US general surgery residents

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 571-576

  Sullivan, Michael C ^a   Yeo, Heather ^c   Roman, Sanziana A ^a   Bell, Richard H ^d   Sosa, Julie A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children; marriage; residency training; surgery residents; surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873993895     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318269d05c     Document Type: Article

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