Pediatricians Leading the Way: Integrating a Career and a Family/Personal Life Over the Life Cycle

Pediatricians, who specialize in the healthy physical and emotional development of children, should lead the medical profession in modeling child and family-sensitive career paths. Pediatricians have the opportunity to be at the forefront of the medical profession in changing attitudes and options t...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2006-02, Vol.117 (2), p.519-522
Main Authors: Shrier, Diane K, Shrier, Lydia A, Rich, Michael, Greenberg, Larrie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological Clocks
Career Choice
Careers
Families & family life
Family
Female
Humans
Male
Pediatricians
Pediatrics
Physicians
Physicians, Women
Practice
Professional development
Work life balance
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Summary:Pediatricians, who specialize in the healthy physical and emotional development of children, should lead the medical profession in modeling child and family-sensitive career paths. Pediatricians have the opportunity to be at the forefront of the medical profession in changing attitudes and options that will enable women and men, parents and nonparents, to integrate professional and personal/family lives.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2005-0868