Burnout and training satisfaction of medical residents in Greece: Will the European Work Time Directive make a difference?

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Msaouel, Pavlos ^a   Keramaris, Nikolaos C ^a   Tasoulis, Athanasios ^a   Kolokythas, Dimitrios ^a   Syrmos, Nikolaos ^a   Pararas, Nikolaos ^a   Thireos, Eleftherios ^b,c   Lionis, Christos ^c  

^a Greek Junior Doctors and Health Scientists Society   (Greece)

^b Medical Center of Athens   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 77954060802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-16     Document Type: Article

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