Burnout: Current knowledge and relevance to old age psychiatry

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 520-526

  Benbow, Susan M ^a  

^a Carisbrooke Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Geriatric psychiatry; Stress

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING;

AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031684875     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199808)13:8<520::AID-GPS811>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Review

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