Work stress of primary care physicians in the US, UK and German health care systems

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Siegrist, Johannes ^b   Shackelton, Rebecca ^a   Link, Carol ^a   Marceau, Lisa ^a   von dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^c   McKinlay, John ^a,b  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Germany; Health care systems; Primary care physicians; Professional autonomy; UK; USA; Work stress

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MODELING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORK;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953686440     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.043     Document Type: Article

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