Cartoon – Divorce Among Physicians and other Professionals
by Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, FAAN | May 9, 2015
A team of researchers reviewed US census data from 2008 to 2013 and looked at divorce data for healthcare and non-healthcare professionals. They found the divorce prevalence to be 24.3% for physicians, 25.2% dentists, 22.9% pharmacists, 33.0% nurses, 30.9% healthcare executives, 26.9% lawyers, and 35.0% other non-healthcare professionals. They concluded that “divorce among physicians is less common than among non-healthcare workers and several health professions.”
Reference
Ly DP, Seabury SA, & Jena AB (2015). Divorce among physicians and other healthcare professionals in the United States: analysis of census survey data. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 350 PMID: 25694110
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Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, FAAN
Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, FAAN, is a board-certified neurologist and pain specialist, medical educator, and scientist. He is the executive director of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF). He is a published scholar in biomarkers, biotechnology, education technology, and neurology. He serves on the editorial board of several scholarly publications and has been honored by the U.S. President and Congress. See All Posts By The Author
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