"Taking Its Toll": The Challenges of Working in Fetal Medicine

Birth

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-60

  Menezes, Melody A ^a   Hodgson, Jan M ^a,b   Sahhar, Margaret ^b   Metcalfe, Sylvia A ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout professional; Congenital abnormalities; Empathy; Prenatal diagnosis; Qualitative research; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; BURNOUT PROFESSIONAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DYSTHYMIA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKFORCE; YOUNG ADULT;

BURNOUT PROFESSIONAL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMPATHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKFORCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATOLOGY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874971818     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12029     Document Type: Article

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