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To Be a Pregnant Surgeon—Is There Anything to Be Afraid of?

Background: Women who decide to become a surgeon are afraid of motherhood. The aim of this study was to establish the opinions of patients and doctors on the professional activity of pregnant surgeons (PS). Methods: The study was conducted on a group of respondents consisting of doctors and patients...

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Autores principales: Dowgiałło-Gornowicz, Natalia, Zięty, Jakub Jan, Gornowicz, Michał, Sztaba, Klaudia, Osowiecka, Karolina, Lech, Paweł
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767631
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032265
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author Dowgiałło-Gornowicz, Natalia
Zięty, Jakub Jan
Gornowicz, Michał
Sztaba, Klaudia
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Lech, Paweł
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Zięty, Jakub Jan
Gornowicz, Michał
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Lech, Paweł
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description Background: Women who decide to become a surgeon are afraid of motherhood. The aim of this study was to establish the opinions of patients and doctors on the professional activity of pregnant surgeons (PS). Methods: The study was conducted on a group of respondents consisting of doctors and patients. The study was carried out using a questionnaire of 12 questions. Results: 1074 doctors and 657 patients responded to the survey. Doctors, especially non-surgeons, significantly more often believed that PS should stop working in the operating theatre immediately after pregnancy confirmation. Most patients thought that operations performed by PS are normal, whereas the doctors more often considered it heroic or irresponsible. Doctors more often mentioned fear of financial stability and fear of losing their reputation as reasons for working by PS. Most respondents claimed that it made no difference whether they were operated on by PS or not. However, patients significantly more often declared their willingness to be operated on by PS. Conclusions: The study showed that female surgeons may have slight concerns about how they will be perceived by colleagues and patients. However, most respondents, patients significantly more often, believed that working during pregnancy is the natural course of things.
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spelling pubmed-99154322023-02-11 To Be a Pregnant Surgeon—Is There Anything to Be Afraid of? Dowgiałło-Gornowicz, Natalia Zięty, Jakub Jan Gornowicz, Michał Sztaba, Klaudia Osowiecka, Karolina Lech, Paweł Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Women who decide to become a surgeon are afraid of motherhood. The aim of this study was to establish the opinions of patients and doctors on the professional activity of pregnant surgeons (PS). Methods: The study was conducted on a group of respondents consisting of doctors and patients. The study was carried out using a questionnaire of 12 questions. Results: 1074 doctors and 657 patients responded to the survey. Doctors, especially non-surgeons, significantly more often believed that PS should stop working in the operating theatre immediately after pregnancy confirmation. Most patients thought that operations performed by PS are normal, whereas the doctors more often considered it heroic or irresponsible. Doctors more often mentioned fear of financial stability and fear of losing their reputation as reasons for working by PS. Most respondents claimed that it made no difference whether they were operated on by PS or not. However, patients significantly more often declared their willingness to be operated on by PS. Conclusions: The study showed that female surgeons may have slight concerns about how they will be perceived by colleagues and patients. However, most respondents, patients significantly more often, believed that working during pregnancy is the natural course of things. MDPI 2023-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9915432/ /pubmed/36767631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032265 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032265
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