All in a day's work: An observational study to quantify how and with whom doctors on hospital wards spend thier time

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 506-509

  Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Ampt, Amanda ^a   Kearney, Leanne ^a   Rob, Marilyn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WARD; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 45949101279     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01762.x     Document Type: Article

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