Viewpoint: Enhancing the professional fulfillment of physicians

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 577-582

  Brown, Shanaree ^a   Gunderman, Richard B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 33745499989     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000225224.27776.0d     Document Type: Review

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