Professional liability and other career pressures: Impact on obstetrician-gynecologists' career satisfaction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 967-973

  Bettes, Barbara A ^b   Strunk, Albert L ^b   Coleman, Victoria H ^b   Schulkin, Jay ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942716804     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000124849.15928.72     Document Type: Article

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