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Navigating Multiple Roles: Physicians Married To Non-Physician Professionals, Carlene Olivia Fider

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A qualitative study of the lived experiences of dual career couples in which one partner is a physician is being proposed to fulfill the requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Family Studies. The study will look specifically at how these couples manage the role expectations and demands from the home front as well as from the work front. The study will also investigate how these couples create time for the dyad considering the demands of both careers. While dual career couples have their distinct features, physician families that have dual career attachments have been under studied in regard …