Abstract
It is generally accepted and expected that most people and most physicians (men and women) will have children. There is some converse acceptance for women, particularly professional women, to have no children. A woman physician makes a decision whether to have children. Does she want them? If so, when? What will be the sacrifices, the problems? How will she and her family manage?
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Bowman, M.A., Allen, D.I. (2002). Having and Raising Children. In: Women in Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0031-1_6
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