Outcomes of physician job satisfaction: A narrative review, implications, and directions for future research

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-139

  Williams, Eric S ^a   Skinner, Asheley Cockrell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Outcomes; Physicians

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 0037739917     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200304000-00004     Document Type: Review

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