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Social changes have created changing expectations from women and have increased the proportion of female physicians. Many women seek care from female family physicians; women doctors find family medicine a good field in which to combine the responsibilities of a wife and mother with those of part-time family practice.
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Preston-Whyte, E., Strube, G., Hayes, T.B. (1983). At least one female family physician in every group practice?. In: Fry, J. (eds) Common Dilemmas in Family Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9192-3_20
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