Old age psychiatrists: What do they find stressful?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 879-882

  Benbow, Susan M ^a,c   Jolley, David ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Carisbrooke Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geriatric psychiatry; Stress; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FAMILY LIFE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIST; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WALES;

EID: 0030886060     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199709)12:9<879::AID-GPS654>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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