A surgeon, a doctor and a baby - combining parenthood with a medical career.

ABSTRACT: Double-physician couples being parents have been shown to face greater difficulties in combining their private and professional lives when compared to other couples. In the present study, we aimed to analyze how double-physician couples manage to arrange their roles in their private and professional lives and how compatible their individual idea of being a mother or a father is with their career as a physician. Fifteen couples being parents and consisting of either two surgeons or a surgeon and a nonsurgeon were asked to participate in a survey to determine the average maternity or paternity leave, the reduction of hours worked per week after the birth of a child, and the need for professional childcare and additional support in childcare from relatives or babysitters per week. Furthermore

SUBMITTER: Herath SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754065 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature