Stress, burnout, and strategies for reducing them What's the situation among Canadian family physicians?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lee, F Joseph ^a,b,c,d   Stewart, Moira ^d   Brown, Judith Belle ^d  

^a University of Western Ontario ^*

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre for Family Medicine Ontario   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY PHYSICIAN STRESS INVENTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 39649114737     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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