Psychological morbidity and burnout in palliative care doctors in Western Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 693-698

  Dunwoodie, D A ^a   Auret, K ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Professional burnout; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34748874622     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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