"Paying the price to get there": Motherhood and the dynamics of pregnancy deliberations among women with disabilities.

Background: Women with disabilities report fewer pregnancies than those without disabilities.

Objective: To explore the range of factors involved in pregnancy decision-making among women with disabilities, and give insight into the decision making process.

Methods: Data were obtained from 4 focus groups conducted with 22 women of child-bearing age, who had a chronic physical or mental health condition or disability that influenced their pregnancy decisions.

Silent Bias: Challenges, Obstacles, and Strategies for Leadership Development in Academic Medicine-Lessons From Oral Histories of Women Professors at the University of Kansas.

Purpose: Despite dramatic increases in female learners and junior faculty, a significant gap remains in female leadership in academic medicine. To assess challenges and obstacles encountered, strategies for academic success, and lessons learned for leadership development, the authors conducted an in-depth study of women full professors.

Method: The authors used a qualitative oral history approach, interviewing 87% of the cohort of female full professors at one Midwestern medical school in 2013 using a pretested, open-ended, semistructured interview guide.

Responding to symptoms of Alzheimer's disease: husbands, wives, and the gendered dynamics of recognition and disclosure.

In this article, we analyze the process of redefining marital relations within the context of couples dealing with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRDs), drawing on intensive interviews with 13 caregiver husbands and 15 caregiver wives. Men were slower to recognize the symptoms of ADRDs, with social others usually bringing the problems to their attention. They often attributed symptoms to a less-problematic cause and engaged in extended normalization of their wife's condition.