What happens to health professionals when the ill patient is the health care system? Understanding the experience of practising medicine in the Romanian socio-cultural context

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 663-679

  Spânu, Florina ^a   Bǎban, Adriana ^a   Bria, Mara ^a   Dumitrascu, Dan L ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROMANIA; WORKPLACE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROMANIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84879774894     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12010     Document Type: Article

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