The painful truth: Physicians are not invincible

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 966-973

  Miller, Merry N ^a,b   McGowen, K Ramsey ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034292983     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200010000-00004     Document Type: Article

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