Work-life balance in academic medicine: Narratives of physician-researchers and their mentors

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1596-1603

  Strong, Erin A ^a   De Castro, Rochelle ^b   Sambuco, Dana ^b   Stewart, Abigail ^b   Ubel, Peter A ^c,d   Griffith, Kent A ^e   Jagsi, Reshma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medicine; gender; medical profession; qualitative research; work life balance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CAREER; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX ROLE; SPOUSE; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORK LIFE BALANCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; NARRATION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84890426170     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2521-2     Document Type: Article

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