On physician well being-You'll get by with a little help from your friends

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2565-2577

  Wallace, Jean Elizabeth ^a   Lemaire, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Coping strategies; Employment; Job stress; Physicians; Well being

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248547783     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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