Stress and coping of the African-American physician

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 70-75

  Post, Douglas M ^a   Weddington, Wilburn H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American physicians; Stress; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034137650     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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