Two sides of the same coin? On the history and phenomenology of chronic fatigue and burnout

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-464

  Leone, Stephanie S ^a   Wessely, Simon ^b   Huibers, Marcus J H ^a   Knottnerus, J Andre ^a   Kant, Ijmert ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Chronic fatigue; History

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEURASTHENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEURASTHENIA;

EID: 79953736641     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440903494191     Document Type: Article

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