Description
Book SynopsisThe book examines the inner workings of the physician's marriage—the psychological issues and sources of conflict that emerge in the various stages of marriage and family. The authors share ways to help physicians and their families learn new ways to improve communication, balance the demands of work and family, and grow and change together.
Trade ReviewMost physicians and most spouses of physicians will find something in the clinical vignettes with which to identify, and most will want to ensure that their partners not only read but take to heart certain pages.
* American Journal of Psychiatry *
I recommend Medical Marriages as a model of applied psychoanalysis, free of jargon and persuasively written. A large number of readers will recognize themselves and their spouses in these pages and may find in them useful tools for understanding the source of marital dissatisfactions, as well as sound suggestions for growth and change.
* JAMA *
Table of ContentsThe impossible dream. The time of our lives: sources of conflict in the medical marriage. The psychology of the physician. Traditional marriages. Perspective of a medical wife: surviving on the edge of the spotlight. Psychological issues for the woman physician. The woman physician's marriage. Sexual problems in physician couples. The occupational hazards of having a physician father. The medical marriage at midlife. Marital therapy of physician couples. Responsibility to self and others: improving the medical marriage.
