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In the first two trimesters of pregnancy, women physicians had heightened workloads vs. before pregnancy and a lower workload in the final trimester, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.“Our findings suggest physicians may increase their workload in early pregnancy in anticipation of working less later on,” lead study author Andrea N. Simpson, MD, MSc, obstetrician and
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