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By Ellen S. More. 340 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1999. $49.95. ISBN 0-674-76661-X.

The question of balance between work and home is much on my mind as I return to work from a second maternity leave. Attending medical school during the mid-1980s, I expected that my career would be challenging, meaningful, and the focus of my days. I anticipated that any professional barriers I encountered would be due to my abilities, not my sex. As a student, I attended the alumni society's annual women-in-medicine dinner more for the chance to eat a good meal with friends than for the opportunity to network or identify role models. I joined but was not active in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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