Effect of colleague and coworker abuse on family physicians in Canada

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1424-1431

  Miedema, Baukje ^a   Tatemichi, Sue ^a,c   Hamilton, Ryan ^a   Lambert Lanning, Anita ^b   Lemire, Francine ^c   Manca, Donna P ^d   Ramsden, Vivian R ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Professional Development and Practice Support   (Canada)

^c First Nations Community ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; SEX RATIO; WORKER;

BULLYING; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 83755183726     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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