Personality traits of emergency physicians and paramedics

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-146

  Pajonk, Frank Gerald B ^a   Andresen, Burghard ^b   Schneider Axmann, Thomas ^a   Teichmann, Alexander ^a   Gärtner, Ulf ^b   Lubda, Jürgen ^c   Moecke, Heinzpeter ^c   Von Knobelsdorff, Georg ^d  

^a Dr K Fontheim's Hospital for Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Asklepios Klinik Hamburg Harburg   (Germany)

^d St Bernward Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751534878     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.083311     Document Type: Article

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