Healing ourselves: Ethical issues in the care of sick doctors

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 330-337

  Adshead, Gwen ^a  

^a BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPETENCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 24644440006     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.11.5.330     Document Type: Review

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