The health and wellbeing of junior doctors: Insights from a national survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 441-444

  Markwell, Alexandra L ^a   Wainer, Zoe ^a  

^a Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors in Training   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; FATIGUE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SELF CARE; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 73349101535     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02880.x     Document Type: Review

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