Life satisfaction and burnout among heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant patients and their spouses

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 125-134

  Goetzmann, Lutz ^a   Scholz, Urte ^b   Dux, Raphaela ^c   Roellin, Michaela ^c   Boehler, Annette ^d   Muellhaupt, Beat ^d   Noll, Georg ^d   Wüthrich, Rudolf P ^d   Klaghofer, Richard ^d  

^a Segeberger Kliniken   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burnout; Caregiver; Life satisfaction; Spouses; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863764767     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000079     Document Type: Article

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