Exploring family physician stress: Helpful strategies

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lee, F Joseph ^a,b,c,d,g   Brown, Judith Belle ^e,f   Stewart, Moira ^c  

^a Centre for Family Medicine   (Canada)

^b McMaster KW Family Medicine Residency Program

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Master of Clinical Science Program in Family Medicine

^g Centre for Family Medicine Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS MANAGEMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 63049125471     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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