Occupational burnout and work engagement: A national survey of dentists in the United Kingdom

British Dental Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Denton, D A ^a   Newton, J T ^b   Bower, E J ^c  

^a Department of Psychology As Applied to Dentistry ^*

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE DENTISTRY;

EID: 53849102538     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.654     Document Type: Review

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