Resisting burnout in doctors

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 261-265

  Chambers, Ruth ^a,b  

^a West Midlands Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33747253485     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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