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Vikram Saini1, Charmaine Abalos, Karen Dysert
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Allegheny Health Network Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Drs Saini, Abalos, DuMont, Young, and Ghosh); Allergy & Immunology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Ms Dysert); and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Sleep, Allergy & Immunology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Ms Altenbaugh).
Abstract:
Despite the increasing number of women within medical professions, gender equality in career advancement and leadership positions still remains a challenge due to numerous barriers including unbalanced domestic responsibilities, discrimination, and rigidity in career structures. Here, we discuss ways to achieve work-life balance and family planning as well as some of the challenges women face in medicine and nursing careers and outline strategies for individuals and organizations to overcome them.
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