Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9702, 2009, Pages 1714-1721

  Wallace, Jean E ^a   Lemaire, Jane B ^a   Ghali, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL ERRORS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70449339707     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61424-0     Document Type: Review

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