Physician job satisfaction: Developing a model using qualitative data

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 711-714

  McMurray, Julia E ^a,f   Williams, Eric ^b,g   Schwartz, Mark D ^c,f   Douglas, Jeffrey ^a   Van Kirk, Judith ^a   Konrad, T Robert ^b   Gerrity, Martha ^d,f   Bigby, Judy Ann ^e,f   Linzer, Mark ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Society of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Physician job satisfaction; Qualitative analysis; Women physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MODEL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PHYSICIANS; DATA COLLECTION; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030662145     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07145.x     Document Type: Article

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