The difficulty of professional continuation among female doctors in Japan: A qualitative study of alumnae of 13 medical schools in Japan

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Yamazaki, Yuka ^b   Gruppen, Larry ^c   Horie, Saki ^d   Takeuchi, Masumi ^d   Illing, Jan ^e  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Teikyo Support Center for Women Physicians and Researchers ^*  (Japan)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; COWORKER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX ROLE; SOCIETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RETIREMENT; SEXISM; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEXISM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84926512771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005845     Document Type: Article

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