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So you want to be a medical mum? : a guide for female medics who have ever thought that maybe, somehow, one day, they might want to have a baby / Emma Hill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hill, Emma, Dr.
- Series:
- Medical careers guide.
- Medical careers guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pregnant women--Great Britain--Life skills guides.
- Pregnant women.
- Women physicians--Great Britain--Life skills guides.
- Women physicians.
- Work and family--Great Britain.
- Work and family.
- Working mothers--Great Britain--Life skills guides.
- Working mothers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 2006 over 60% of medical graduates in the UK were female, and the number of women going to medical school as 'mature students' is steadily increasing. Some of these women will, at some point, choose to have a baby, but the question always asked is how to fit it in with a medical career? Along with the problem of finding time to actually have a baby, and coping as a pregnant doctor, there is the problem of finding information when it is most needed. This book addresses thisproblem, bringing a wealth of information together in one easy-to-use resource. Written by a mother, who has faced the j
- Contents:
- Dedication; Thanks; Preface; Glossary and abbreviations; Contents; Introduction; 1 Before you take the plunge; 2 Trying to get pregnant; 3 Life as a pregnant hospital doctor; 4 Life as a pregnant general practitioner; 5 Academic medicine; 6 Pregnancy as an undergraduate; 7 Know your rights: employment law; 8 Maternity leave; 9 Before the baby arrives; 10 Doctors giving birth; 11 Early days ... Yes, it was a baby (not flatus or fluid); 12 Planning your return to work; 13 Breastfeeding and working; 14 Childcare; 15 Being back at work; 16 Working fathers; 17 'Planning' further pregnancies
- 18 Now we are six ... Watching your children grow19 Money matters; 20 Do you still wish you'd been a lawyer?; Frequently asked questions; Appendix 1: Useful contacts; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-176845-6
- 1-283-58197-3
- 9786613894427
- 0-19-155336-0
- 0-19-157980-7
- OCLC:
- 727648504
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