PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 3 September 1980, pp. 478
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Letters to the Editor

Frederick P. Rivara MD1 and Durlin E. Hickok MD2

1 Department of Pediatrics
2 Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

The article by Zambrana, Hurst, and Hite (Pediatrics 64:862, 1979) has served the important function of stimulating thought on the role of the physician in counseling working mothers. This discussion should be extended to other areas of contemporary mother-infant behavior as well.

Women today are placed in a difficult, if not impossible, position vis-á-vis child rearing. The conflict begins with the decision of whether or not to interrupt a career in order to bear a child (or children).