Professional activity: How is family physicians' work time changing?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 47, Issue JULY., 2001, Pages 1414-1421

  Woodward, Christel A ^a   Ferrier, Barbara ^b   Cohen, May ^b   Brown, Judy ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ONTARIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035404028     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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