Shame! Self-stigmatisation as an obstacle to sick doctors returning to work: A qualitative study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Henderson, Max ^a   Brooks, Samantha K ^a   Del Busso, Lilliana ^b   Chalder, Trudie ^a   Harvey, Samuel B ^c   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Madan, Ira ^d   Hatch, Stephani ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF SELFSTIGMATISATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869813174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001776     Document Type: Article

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