A comparative study on occupational stress, job satisfaction and mental health in British general practitioners and Canadian family physicians

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-190

  Rout, U ^a   Rout, J K ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kearsley Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030918010     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548509708400575     Document Type: Article

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