Career satisfaction of psychiatrists

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1013-1018

  DeMello, Jim P ^a   Deshpande, Satish P ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPENSATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST;

EID: 80054841174     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.9.pss6209_1013     Document Type: Article

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