Establishing a 'physician's spiritual well-being scale' and testing its reliability and validity

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-12

  Fang, C K ^a   Li, P Y ^b   Lai, M L ^c   Lin, M H ^d   Bridge, D T ^e   Chen, H W ^a,f  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; STANDARD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 78650307169     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.037200     Document Type: Article

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