Author	Bowman, Marjorie A. author
Title	Women in Medicine [electronic resource] : Career and Life Management / by Marjorie A. Bowman, Erica Frank, Deborah I. Allen
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2002
Edition	Third Edition
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0031-1
Descript	XV, 187 p. 39 illus. online resource

In this newly revised, expanded and updated edition, the authors have provided a definitive resource about and for women physicians. From statistical data regarding practicing women physicians in the US and abroad, minorities and gay/lesbian physicians, to practical advice on coping with stress, STRESS AND WOMEN PHYSICIAN is an exceedingly useful and insightful volume for understanding and managing the issues faced by women physicians in both their professional and personal lives

1. Historical Context -- 2. The Stress of our Profession -- 3. Stress Prevention and Management -- 4. Enjoying a Marriage or Partnership -- 5. The Second Shift -- 6. Having and Raising Children -- 7. Sexual Harassment and Sex Discrimination -- 8. Disability -- 9. Physical and Mental Health of Women Physicians -- 10. Ethnicity in Women Physicians -- 11. The Older Woman Physician -- 12. Women in Medical Schools and Academia -- 13. Women Physicians in Practice -- 14. Women Physicians as Healers -- 15. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix I: Other Resources -- Appendix II : Bibliography for the Women Physiciansโ Health Study

1. Medicine
2. General practice (Medicine)
3. Medicine & Public Health
4. General Practice / Family Medicine