Personal consequences of malpractice lawsuits on American surgeons

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 657-667

  Balch, Charles M ^a   Oreskovich, Michael R ^c   Dyrbye, Lotte N ^b   Colaiano, Joseph M ^b   Satele, Daniel V ^b   Sloan, Jeff A ^b   Shanafelt, Tait D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURGEON; WORKING TIME;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80055100206     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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