Addressing stress related impairment in doctors. A survey of providers' and doctors' experience of a funded counsellingservice in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1300, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Cunningham, Wayne ^a   Cookson, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Medical Protection Society   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME STRESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOB STRESS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70049092356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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