Conflict and emotional exhaustion in obstetrician-gynaecologists: A national survey

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 731-735

  Yoon, John D ^a,b   Rasinski, Kenneth A ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK;

EID: 78649682541     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.037762     Document Type: Article

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