The medical marriage: A national survey of the spouses/partners of US physicians

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 216-225

  Shanafelt, Tait D ^a   Boone, Sonja L ^b   Dyrbye, Lotte N ^a   Oreskovich, Michael R ^c   Tan, Litjen ^b   West, Colin P ^a   Satele, Daniel V ^a   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Sotile, Wayne M ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84876516498     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.11.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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