The inconvenience of motherhood during a medical career

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Simpson, Cusimano), University of Toronto; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Simpson, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Cusimano, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health Toronto; ICES Central (Simpson), Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population & Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia andrea.simpson@unityhealth.to.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Simpson, Cusimano), University of Toronto; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Simpson, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Cusimano, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health Toronto; ICES Central (Simpson), Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population & Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Andrea N Simpson et al. CMAJ. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 20;193(37):E1465-E1466.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211255.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Simpson, Cusimano), University of Toronto; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Simpson, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Cusimano, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health Toronto; ICES Central (Simpson), Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population & Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia andrea.simpson@unityhealth.to.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Simpson, Cusimano), University of Toronto; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Simpson, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Cusimano, Baxter), St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health Toronto; ICES Central (Simpson), Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population & Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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