Do junior doctors take sick leave?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 699-700

  Perkin, M R ^a   Higton, A ^b   Witcomb, M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 0042330101     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.9.699     Document Type: Article

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