Exemplary physicians' strategies for avoiding burnout

Health Care Manager

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-331

  Meldrum, Helen ^a  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

avoiding exhaustion; burnout; managing burnout; physician burnout

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIANS; RELAXATION; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 78649235550     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e3181fa037a     Document Type: Article

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