Stress, job satisfaction and work hours in medical and surgical residency programmes in private sector teaching hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1109-1112

  Sameer ur Rehman, ^a   Kumar, Rohail ^a   Siddiqui, Nabeel ^a   Shahid, Zain ^a   Syed, Sadia ^a   Kadir, Masood ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Residence; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; RESIDENT; STRESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84867159535     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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