A qualitative study of work-life choices in academic internal medicine

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-41

  Isaac, Carol ^a,e   Byars Winston, Angela ^a   McSorley, Rebecca ^a,b   Schultz, Alexandra ^a,b   Kaatz, Anna ^a,b   Carnes, Mary L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Physicians; Retention; Social role theory; Women's issues; Work stress

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK SCHEDULE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84893953776     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-013-9457-5     Document Type: Article

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