Burnout in therapy radiographers in the UK

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages

  Probst, Heidi ^a   Griffiths, S ^a   Adams, R ^b   Hill, C ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RADIOTHERAPIST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866136521     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/16840236     Document Type: Article

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