Preventing burnout among general practitioners: Is there a possible route?

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-359

  Nielsen, Helena Galina ^a   Tulinius, Charlotte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balint group; Burnout; Compassion fatigue; General practitioner; Therapeutic supervision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; COMPLICATION; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73449091176     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2009.11493817     Document Type: Article

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