Why are doctors so unhappy?

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7298, 2001, Pages 1361-

  West, P A ^a   Parsons, Keith ^b   Evans, Susan ^b   Laurence, Mike ^c   Mckenzie, Kwame ^d   Jakeman, Nicola ^e   Gregson, P N ^f   Stewart, Andy ^g   Seddon, David ^h   Smith, Simon ⁱ   Hart, Julian Tudor ^j   Newman, Marion ^k   Wilke, Gerhard ^k   Davies, Peter ^l   Brennan, Frank ^k   Zeckhausen, William ^k   Culliford, Larry ^m   Workman, Stephen ⁿ   Hunter, David ^o   Davies, Sharon ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool Med Inst Manchester M   (United Kingdom)

^c Bacon Road Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Bay of Islands Hospital   (New Zealand)

^f Broadwood House   (United Kingdom)

^g Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ South Shropshire Community Mental Health Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^k Mill Lane Medical Centre ^*  (United States)

^l Mixenden Stones Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^m Brighton Community Mental Hlth Ctr   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEADERSHIP; LETTER; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0035796019     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1361     Document Type: Letter

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