Tolerance for Uncertainty, Burnout, and Satisfaction With the Career of Emergency Medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kuhn, Gloria ^a   Goldberg, Richard ^b   Compton, Scott ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 67349181653     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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