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Women physicians participate in professional dialogue when they publish their research. Discover a selection of books and articles from the NLM Digital Collections about both their scientific research and their experiences in a male-dominated field.

Title page of an article by Dr. Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe.

“Buying Time for the Good Things in Life,” The Western Journal of Medicine, Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe, December 1988

In this short contribution to the Western Journal of Medicine’s section on “Women and Medicine: Surviving and Thriving,” Dr. Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe (b. 1949) described the challenges facing women who want to have children while working as physicians. Dr. Shortliffe explained that her efforts to achieve “balance” between her work and professional life forced her and her family to reevaluate their personal, professional, and financial priorities.