CONFLICT WITH PHYSICIAN - PREGNANCY REVISITED

A 10-year follow-up survey found medical school physicians (N = 200) a t one institution were more interested in and accepting of pregnancy a mong colleagues. A greater number of physicians in 1990 than in 1980 r eported that pregnant colleagues maintained their work efficiency and interest in medicine. Fewer physicians in 1990 reported being inconven ienced during a colleague's pregnancy, and fewer perceived hiring wome n of childbearing age to be a risk to the optimal functioning of their departments.