title: Gender stress: a preliminary survey with specific reference to female physicians.
abstract: Practicing female physicians in Trinidad and Tobago were studied to identify major causal factors of negative stress. Results indicated that major stressors were as follows: job (36%), finance (32%), children (20%), relationships (20%). The minor stressors identified were: children (48%), finance (36%), relationships (36%), job (32%), and health (20%). The physicians showed the ability to cope with the stress and this was attributed to, inter alia, self-sufficiency, empowerment, self-fulfillment and gender.
authors.affiliation: Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Trinidad, West Indies.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D010822:Physicians, Women; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago; D014931:Women, Working