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Residents having trouble with their marriages form a very mixed group of people. Some are newly married and are adjusting to that in addition to adjusting to a new city, a new program, and unfamiliar faces. Some who married before or during medical school may be struggling with a new stage of marriage, that is, trying to decide whether or when to have children. Some residents may be pregnant (or have pregnant wives) and find themselves facing heightened and conflicting responsibilities. Others are already parents of young children and are attempting to strike an optimal balance between their work and family lives. Some residents are married to other residents or doctors in practice; they are striving to preserve and protect their time together given their very hectic work weeks. And finally, some are older residents with established marriages who have been in general practice for a while and who are now returning to do a residency. These residents, and their families, are often undergoing major change—psychologically, geographically, and economically.
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Myers, M.F. (1988). Resident Physician Marriages. In: Doctors’ Marriages. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9957-5_2
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