Job stressors and coping strategies as predictors of mental health and job satisfaction among Irish general practitioners

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 199-202

  O'Sullivan, Bernadette ^a,b   Keane, A M ^a   Murphy, A W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; TRAINING; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 24744446290     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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