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Make it easier for me to deliver childcare at conferences

Underprepared meetings that neglect to set up childcare facilities will ultimately damage science, says Eileen Parkes.
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  1. Eileen Parkes

    1. Eileen Parkes is a clinical oncologist at Queen's University Belfast, UK.

How did I end up here? I am wedged into a narrow cubicle, banging my elbows against the side as I turn on the breast pump, hoping the batteries, which are as tired as I am, last just a little longer.

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Nature 564, S89 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07783-2

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