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In this newly revised, expanded and updated edition, the authors have provided a definitive resource about and for women physicians. From statistical data regarding practicing women physicians in the US and abroad, minorities and gay/lesbian physicians, to practical advice on coping with stress, STRESS AND WOMEN PHYSICIAN is an exceedingly useful and insightful volume for understanding and managing the issues faced by women physicians in both their professional and personal lives.
List of contents
1. Historical Context.- 2. The Stress of our Profession.- 3. Stress Prevention and Management.- 4. Enjoying a Marriage or Partnership.- 5. The Second Shift.- 6. Having and Raising Children.- 7. Sexual Harassment and Sex Discrimination.- 8. Disability.- 9. Physical and Mental Health of Women Physicians.- 10. Ethnicity in Women Physicians.- 11. The Older Woman Physician.- 12. Women in Medical Schools and Academia.- 13. Women Physicians in Practice.- 14. Women Physicians as Healers.- 15. Conclusions.- References.- Appendix I: Other Resources.- Appendix II : Bibliography for the Women Physicians' Health Study.
Summary
In this newly revised, expanded and updated edition, the authors have provided a definitive resource about and for women physicians. From statistical data regarding practicing women physicians in the US and abroad, minorities and gay/lesbian physicians, to practical advice on coping with stress, STRESS AND WOMEN PHYSICIAN is an exceedingly useful and insightful volume for understanding and managing the issues faced by women physicians in both their professional and personal lives.
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"provide[s] information not readily available elsewhere… a valuable book for younger women physicians struggling to make a life for themselves." (NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE)
"The book, backed by extensive and impressive research … is a monument in tracing the life goals and challenges of women from the womb to the tomb. What makes each page of this book increasingly engrossing and wholesome is the case vignettes, real life stories of women physicians, and certain handy appendices … . An insightful writing that pays tribute to every woman physician, wherever she may be … with whatever odds against her, it is an indispensable book not to be missed by any physician." (Dr. Pakhee Aggarwal, Anil Aggrawal’s Internet Journal of Book Reviews, Vol. 3 (1), January-June, 2004)
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From the reviews:
"provide[s] information not readily available elsewhere... a valuable book for younger women physicians struggling to make a life for themselves." (NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE)
"The book, backed by extensive and impressive research ... is a monument in tracing the life goals and challenges of women from the womb to the tomb. What makes each page of this book increasingly engrossing and wholesome is the case vignettes, real life stories of women physicians, and certain handy appendices ... . An insightful writing that pays tribute to every woman physician, wherever she may be ... with whatever odds against her, it is an indispensable book not to be missed by any physician." (Dr. Pakhee Aggarwal, Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Book Reviews, Vol. 3 (1), January-June, 2004)
