Health problems and the use of health services among physicians: A review article with particular emphasis on Norwegian studies

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-610

  Tyssen, Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health; Health services; Health surveys; Mental disorders; Norway; Physician impairment; Physicians; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

TRANQUILIZER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BURNOUT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 36749091865     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.599     Document Type: Review

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