This article in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses leaves of absence during graduate medical education, specifically leaves for childbirth and infant care. Physicians in residency programs face limitations on leave time designed to ensure adequate training as well as stability of the care-delivery system. But how can these limitations be reconciled with federal mandates-and reasonable societal expectations-for childbearing leave?

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Keywords: Family, Leave of Absence, Graduate Medical Education, paternity leave, maternity leave, residency

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