Prevalence of burnout syndrome among medical residents: Experience of a developing country

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1015, 2010, Pages 266-271

  Ashkar, Khalil ^a   Romani, Maya ^a   Musharrafieh, Umayya ^a   Chaaya, Monique ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEBANON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953726134     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.092106     Document Type: Article

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