Personal use of medical care and drugs among Swiss primary care physicians

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Schneider, Martin ^a   Gallacchi, Martine Bouvier ^b   Goehring, Catherine ^b   Künzi, Beat ^b   Bovier, Patrick A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Family; Job satisfaction; Physicians; Self care methods; Self medication; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF MEDICATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33947271468     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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