Managing stress in the orthopaedic family: Avoiding burnout, achieving resilience

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sargent, M Catherine ^a   Sotile, Wayne ^b   Sotile, Mary O ^b   Rubash, Harry ^c   Vezeridis, Peter S ^c   Harmon, Larry ^d   Barrack, Robert L ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Real Talk Inc ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Physicians Development Program   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BURNOUT; CAREER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SPOUSE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORTHOPEDICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79960959965     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01252     Document Type: Review

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