Professional secrecy as a stressor among Norwegian physicians

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Løvseth, Lise ^a   Aasland, Olaf G ^b   Götestam, K Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Department of Health Management and Health Economics ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Physician; Professional secrecy; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 27544494208     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S0213-61632005000300004     Document Type: Article

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