What physicians want to learn about sickness certification: Analyses of questionnaire data from 4019 physicians

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Löfgren, Anna ^a   Hagberg, Jan ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 77649212914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-61     Document Type: Article

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