Prevalence of alcohol use disorders among American surgeons

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-174

  Oreskovich, Michael R ^a,b   Kaups, Krista L ^a,d   Balch, Charles M ^a,e   Hanks, John B ^a,f   Satele, Daniel ^g   Sloan, Jeff ^g   Meredith, Charles ^b,c   Buhl, Amanda ^c   Dyrbye, Lotte N ^g   Shanafelt, Tait D ^g  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Washington Physicians Health Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857403597     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.1481     Document Type: Article

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