RT Journal
A1 Weiss A, Gordon EJ, O'Connor ME
T1 PArental leave and pediatric residents—reply
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 1999
FD April 1
VO 153
IS 4
SP 429
OP 430
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
We appreciate the insightful comments by Dr Bradford regarding our recent article published in the ARCHIVES.1 We wholeheartedly agree that parental leave policies and support systems for pediatric housestaff deserve greater advocacy from pediatricians and children's hospitals, the profession and institutions who profess most to care about infant and parental health and well-being. Unlike Dr Bradford's study, this study was designed to compare parental leave policies offered to employees by Fortune 500 companies with those offered by children's hospitals to nonphysician employees and pediatricians after training (a period far exceeding residency and a time when many professionals finally feel that they may begin families). The study provides pertinent data about parental leave policies for pediatricians in their postgraduate years, as 59% of physicians employed by children's hospitals were covered by hospital policies.