J B Brown1, J Carroll, A Reid. 1. Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Thames Valley Family Practice Research Unit, University of Western Ontario, London.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine the influence of family, past and current, on married women family physicians' and to understand why and how some women continue to practise obstetrics. PARTICIPANTS: Purposive sample of nine married women family physicians who currently practise obstetrics. METHOD: Qualitative in-depth interviews. FINDINGS: Analysis identified four main influences of family on participants' practice of obstetrics: family of origin, transitions in the life cycle, children, and the marital relationship. CONCLUSIONS: These women described how they combined the roles of wife, mother, daughter, sister, and doctor. Family was a powerful influence throughout their practice lives. Finding a balance between the demands of practice, particularly obstetrics, and family relationships was an ongoing process. The process was also influenced by transitions in the life cycle.
PURPOSE: To examine the influence of family, past and current, on married women family physicians' and to understand why and how some women continue to practise obstetrics. PARTICIPANTS: Purposive sample of nine married women family physicians who currently practise obstetrics. METHOD: Qualitative in-depth interviews. FINDINGS: Analysis identified four main influences of family on participants' practice of obstetrics: family of origin, transitions in the life cycle, children, and the marital relationship. CONCLUSIONS: These women described how they combined the roles of wife, mother, daughter, sister, and doctor. Family was a powerful influence throughout their practice lives. Finding a balance between the demands of practice, particularly obstetrics, and family relationships was an ongoing process. The process was also influenced by transitions in the life cycle.
Authors: Michael C Klein; Ann Kelly; Andrea Spence; Janusz Kaczorowski; Stefan Grzybowski Journal: Can Fam Physician Date: 2002-07 Impact factor: 3.275