General practitioner non-principals benefit from flexible working

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-15

  French, Fiona ^a   Andrew, Jane ^a   Awramenko, Morag ^a   Coutts, Helen ^a   Leighton Beck, Linda ^b   Mollison, Jill ^c   Walker, Kim ^a  

^a NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working hours; Gender; General practitioners; Hours of work; Job satisfaction; Scotland

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING TIME;

EID: 18044370500     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260510592103     Document Type: Article

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