Job stress and burnout among urban and rural hospital physicians in Japan

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 225-231

  Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Chiba, Shigeru ^a   Yoshioka, Eiji ^a   Kawanishi, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakagi, Yoshihiko ^a   Ito, Toshihiro ^a   Sugioka, Yoshihiko ^a   Kitaoka Higashiguchi, Kazuyo ^b   Yoshida, Takahiko ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burnout; Demand; Hospital physician; Job control; Job stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB CONTROL; JOB STRESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BURNOUT; DEMAND; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; JOB CONTROL; JOB STRESS;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84882246078     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12040     Document Type: Article

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