The Medical Community's Evolving Focus on Physician and Surgeon Pregnancy: Thematic Trends From a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The authors aimed to chronicle the evolution of the medical community's study of physician and surgeon pregnancy by investigating thematic trends in the literature in the context of pertinent sociopolitical events.

Method

A scoping review was conducted in Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection from inception through August 11, 2020, using vocabulary and terms for physicians (including surgeons), pregnancy, and family leave. Study populations were categorized by all physician specialties or exclusively surgical specialties as well as by all career levels or exclusively trainees. Subthemes and themes were based on a priori assumptions of physician pregnancy and extrapolated from previously published revie

SUBMITTER: Hanchuk S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247020 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature