Understanding the stresses and strains of being a doctor

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 350-353

  Riley, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BURNOUT; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONTROL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 5044242391     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06322.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Educational mission statement. Available at: biomed.brown.edu/Medicine/Administration/ General_Information.html#EduMission (accessed Aug 2004).
2. Payne R, Firth-Cozens J. Stress in health professionals. London: John Wiley, 1987.
3. Firth-Cozens J. Individual and organizational predictors of depression in general practitioners. Br J Gen Pract 1998; 48: 1647-1651.
4. Brooks A. Many junior doctors misuse drugs and drink excessively. BMJ 1998; 317: 700.
5. Serry N, Bloch S, Ball R, Anderson K. Drug and alcohol abuse by doctors. Med J Aust 1994; 160: 402-407.
6. Schlicht SM, Gordon IR, Ball JR, Christie DG. Suicide and related deaths in Victorian doctors. Med J Aust 1990; 153: 518-521.
7. O'Hagan J. Doctors and their health. In: O'Hagan J, Richards J, editors. In sickness and in health. 2nd ed. Wellington, NZ: Doctors' Health Advisory Service; 1998: 1-9.
8. Karasek RA. Job demands, job decision latitude, and mental strain: implications for job redesign. Admin Sci Q 1979; 24: 285-307.
9. Siegrist J. Adverse health effects of high-effort/low-reward conditions. J Occup Health Psychol 1996; 1: 27-41.
10. Johnson JV, Hall EM. Job strain, work place social support, and cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study of a random sample of the Swedish working population. Am J Public Health 1988; 78: 1336-1342.
11. Bosma H, Stansfeld SA, Marmot MG. Job control, personal characteristics, and heart disease. J Occup Health Psychol 1998; 3: 402-409.
12. Richards J. Work stress and its causes. In: O'Hagan J, Richards J, editors. In sickness and in health. 2nd ed. Wellington, NZ: Doctors' Health Advisory Service, 1998: 112-123.
13. Schattner P, Coman G. The stress of metropolitan general practice. Med J Aust 1998; 169: 133-137.
14. Hamilton TK, Schweitzer RD. The cost of being perfect: perfectionism and suicide ideation in university students. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2000; 34: 829-835.
15. Lawrence J. Stress and the doctor's health. Aust Fam Physician 1996; 25: 1249-1256.
16. Rucinski J, Cybulska E. Mentally ill doctors. Br J Hosp Med 1985; 33: 90-94.
17. Johnson WDK. Predisposition to emotional distress and psychiatric illness amongst doctors: the role of unconscious and experiential factors. Br J Med Psychol 1991; 64: 317-329.
18. McCranie EW, Brandsma JM. Personality antecedents of burnout among middle-aged physicians. Behav Med 1988; 14: 30-36.
19. Celentano DD, Johns JV. Stress in healthcare workers. Occupational medicine: state of the art reviews 1987; Jul-Sep 2(3).
20. Maslach C, Jackson SE. The measurement of experienced burnout. J Occup Behav 1981; 2: 99-113.
21. Meier ST. Towards a theory of burnout. Hum Relat 1983; 36: 899-910.
22. Davidson S, Schattner P. Doctors' health-seeking behaviour: a questionnaire survey. Med J Aust 2003; 179: 302-305.
23. Freeborn DK. Satisfaction, commitment, and psychological well-being among HMO physicians. Permanente J 2000; 2: 22-30.
24. NSW Doctors' Mental Health Implementation Committee of the NSW Medical Board. NSW doctors' mental health program. Sydney: NSW Doctors' Mental Health Implementation Committee, Nov 1999.