The relationship between perceived practice quality and quality improvement activities and physician practice dissatisfaction, professional isolation, and work-life stress

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 924-928

  Quinn, Mariah A ^a,b   Wilcox, Allison ^c   Orav, E John ^a,b,d   Bates, David W ^a,c,d   Simon, Steven R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Partners Health Care System Inc ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Job stress; Surveys; Well being; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JOB STRESS; LIFE STRESS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF REPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68249155386     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181a393e4     Document Type: Article

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