Work related stress and its anticipated solutions among post-graduate medical resident doctors: A cross-sectional survey conducted at a tertiary municipal hospital in Mumbai, India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 100-106

  Rajan, Pavithra ^a   Bellare, Bharati ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Resident doctor; tertiary municipal hospital; work related stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MUSIC THERAPY; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872003881     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.104783     Document Type: Article

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