Determinants of rural physicians' life and job satisfaction

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-101

  Lavanchy, Marcel ^a   Connelly, Ian ^a   Grzybowski, Stefan ^a   Michalos, Alex C ^b   Berkowitz, Jonathan ^a   Thommasen, Harvey V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Physician satisfaction; Rural health

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 3042702725     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOCI.0000032662.79752.e8     Document Type: Article

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