Burnout and medical errors among American surgeons

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 995-1000

  Shanafelt, Tait D ^a   Balch, Charles M ^b,c   Bechamps, Gerald ^b,d   Russell, Tom ^b   Dyrbye, Lotte ^a,e   Satele, Daniel ^a   Collicott, Paul ^b   Novotny, Paul J ^a   Sloan, Jeff ^a   Freischlag, Julie ^b,c  

^a Division of Hematology   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Winchester Surgical Clinic   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DATA COLLECTION; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953025475     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181bfdab3     Document Type: Article

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