Burnout among advanced life support paramedics in Johannesburg, South Africa

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 331-333

  Stassen, Willem ^a   Van Nugteren, Benjamin ^a   Stein, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT CARE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMUNERATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84884212002     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200920     Document Type: Article

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