Physician suicide: A fleeting moment of despair

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sansone, Randy A ^a,b   Sansone, Lori A ^c,d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Government Service

^d WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician stress; Physician suicide; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 65549141604     PISSN: 15505952     EISSN: 15555194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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