"Building through the grief": Vicarious trauma in a group of inner-city family physicians

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 840-846

  Woolhouse, Susan ^a   Brown, Judith Belle ^b   Thind, Amardeep ^b  

^a South Riverdale Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping skills; Family medicine; Medically underserved area; Psychology; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRIEF; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REMUNERATION; SORROW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEAMWORK; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VICARIOUS TRAUMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEATH; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84869224693     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120066     Document Type: Article

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