Minority Female Physicians' Family and Career Experiences: A Qualitive Inquiry

This qualitative study investigated the experiences of married minority female physicians as they navigate their professional and family life. The study examined the impact of multiple roles, gender, and ethnicity on the familial and professional life of married minority female physicians. The study consisted of 21 married minority female physicians and covered issues related to marital life, family life, stressors, ethnicity, and gender. Analysis reveals the core categories of: work demands, multiple role demands, role expectations, motherhood guilt, couple nurture, and accommodation. The study found that the category work demands impact the family life of the participants'; however, when the category accommodation was present it reduced the effect of work demands on married minority female physicians. This enabled the participants to navigate between their career and family with more balance.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counseling and Family Sciences

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Clarke, Nishana

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fox, Curtis A.

• Family, Life Course, and Society
• Physicians, Women -- Psychology; Minority Groups;
• Career experiences
• Vocational experiences

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/26

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1025