Utility of a Brief Screening Tool to Identify Physicians in Distress

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-427

  Dyrbye, Liselotte N ^a   Satele, Daniel ^a   Sloan, Jeff ^a   Shanafelt, Tait D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; physician well being index; physicians; PWBI; quality of life; self assessment tool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN WELL BEING INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SCREENING; STRESS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WELLBEING;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84878876009     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2252-9     Document Type: Article

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