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. 2017 Jul 1;177(7):1033-1036.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1394.

Perceived Discrimination Experienced by Physician Mothers and Desired Workplace Changes: A Cross-sectional Survey

Taiwo Adesoye  1 , Christina Mangurian  2 , Esther K Choo  3 , Christina Girgis  4 , Hala Sabry-Elnaggar  5 , Eleni Linos  6 ; Physician Moms Group Study Group
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Perceived Discrimination Experienced by Physician Mothers and Desired Workplace Changes: A Cross-sectional Survey

Taiwo Adesoye et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional survey study evaluates perceived discrimination experienced by physician mothers and desired workplace changes.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Sabry-Elnaggar is a board member of the Physician Mothers Group. No other disclosures are reported.

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Figure.. Survey Responses
A, Survey question: “Have you ever experienced any of [the illustrated] forms of discrimination at your workplace? (Please select all that apply.)” B, Survey question: “Which of [the illustrated] workplace changes would be most important to you? Please select your top 3.” aP < .05 for maternal discrimination vs no maternal discrimination by the χ2 test.
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