Stress and ego-defense mechanisms in medical staff at oncology and physical medicine departments

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Sandra, Kocijan Lovko ^a   Rudolf, Gregurek ^b   Dalibor, Karlovic ^c  

^a Zabok General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Ego defense mechanisms; Oncology; Physical medicine; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGO; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 40849104939     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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