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The Female Professional: Parenting, Career, Choices and Compromises

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Olarte, S.W. The Female Professional: Parenting, Career, Choices and Compromises. Am J Psychoanal 60, 293–306 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001929922264

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