Self-recorded stress levels for general practitioners before and after forming an out-of-hours primary care centre

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 428, 1998, Pages 1077-1078

  Heaney, David ^b   Gorman, Dermot ^a,b   Porter, Mike ^b  

^a Department of Public Health Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Out of hours; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AROUSAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031933653     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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