Is medicine turning into unhappy profession?

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-6

  Khanna, Rajeev ^a   Khanna, Rashmi ^a  

^a NIMS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Burnout; Maslach Burnout Inventory; occupational stress; professional burnout; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CAREER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY HUMAN SERVICE SURVEY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATION; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84883358965     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.116363     Document Type: Article

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