Nationwide Survey of Work Environment, Work-Life Balance and Burnout among Psychiatrists in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Umene Nakano, Wakako ^a   Kato, Takahiro A ^b,c   Kikuchi, Saya ^d   Tateno, Masaru ^e   Fujisawa, Daisuke ^f   Hoshuyama, Tsutomu ^a,g   Nakamura, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^g Ushibuka City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK LIFE BALANCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873889025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055189     Document Type: Article

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