Burnout, hopelessness and suicide risk in medical doctors

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-514

  Pompili, M ^a,b   Innamorati, M ^c   Narciso, V ^a   Kotzalidis, G D ^a   Dominici, G ^a   Talamo, A ^a   Girardi, P ^a   Lester, D ^d   Tatarelli, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Hopelessness; Suicide risk prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; BURNOUT; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 79953799546     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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