The pandemic from within: Two surveys of physician burnout in Canada

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-88

  Boudreau, Robert A ^a,b   Grieco, Renée L ^c   Cahoon, Sandra L ^d   Robertson, Robin C ^e   Wedel, Robert J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Mastel Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e RCR Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 54349119550     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2006-0014     Document Type: Article

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