Meeting the imperative to improve physician well-being: Assessment of an innovative program

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1544-1552

  Dunn, Patrick M ^a   Arnetz, Bengt B ^b,c   Christensen, John F ^a   Homer, Louis ^d  

^a LEGACY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care administration; Organizational behavior; Physician satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; OREGON; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 35248875178     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0363-5     Document Type: Article

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