Stress-resilience capacity of pediatric oncologists: A swedish nationwide and population-based study of motivation, emotional distress, and overall life satisfaction

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-509

  Stenmarker, Margaretha ^a,b   Palmérus, Kerstin ^b,c   Márky, Ildikó ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experience based knowledge; Motivational factors; Overall life satisfaction; Pediatric oncologists; Population based; Stress resilience capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; JOB STRESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION; SWEDEN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 62449309274     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21849     Document Type: Article

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