Barriers to Family Building Among Physicians and Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physicians and medical students who desire to build families face significant barriers due to the structure and culture of medicine.

Objective

To understand the barriers and facilitators to family building for all people in medicine-not only individuals who can become pregnant-through an open-ended, qualitative analysis of survey responses.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study used a survey conducted in April and May 2021 with a broad sample of physicians and medical students. Participants were recruited through social media, targeting physician and medical student communities. Physicians (residents, fellows, and physicians in independent practice) and medical students of all gender identities and sexual orientations were included. Infor

SUBMITTER: King Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755597 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature