Physician race and ethnicity, professional satisfaction, and work-related stress: Results from the physician worklife study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1283-1294

  Glymour, M Maria ^a   Saha, Somnath ^b   Bigby, Judyann ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Ethnicity; Job stress; Physician job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4844228397     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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