HIV, disease plague, demoralization and "burnout": Resident experience of the medical profession in Nairobi, Kenya

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-86

  Raviola, Giuseppe ^a   Machoki, M'imunya ^a   Mwaikambo, Esther ^a   Delvecchio Good, Mary Jo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; HIV AIDS; Hopelessness; Kenya; Medical education; Narrative; Physician burnout

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; KENYA; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORALITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; JOB SATISFACTION; KENYA; MORALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036490330     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015289132151     Document Type: Article

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