Survey on recent suicidal ideation among female university hospital physicians in Sweden and Italy (the HOUPE study): Cross-sectional associations with work stressors

Gender Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 314-328

  Fridner, Ann ^a,b   Belkic, Karen ^b,c   Marini, Massimo ^d   Minucci, Daria ^d   Pavan, Luigi ^d   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

academic medicine; gender; harassment; physicians; suicide risk; work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 65649093648     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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