Job satisfaction, psychological morbidity and job stress among New Zealand general practitioners

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1113, 2000, Pages 269-272

  Dowell, Anthony C ^a   Hamilton, Stephen ^b   McLeod, Deborah K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034647388     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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