Health care providers' training, perceptions, and practices regarding stress and health outcomes

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 833-845

  Avey, Holly ^a   Matheny, Kenneth B ^d   Robbins, Anna ^b   Jacobson, Terry A ^c  

^a GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Oregon Health Services   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Office of Health Promotion ^*

Author keywords

Health care providers; Health outcomes; Practice; Stress; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SMOKING; STRESS; TEACHING; URBAN AREA; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SELF EFFICACY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141483824     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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