Physicians' perceptions of quality of care, professional autonomy, and job satisfaction in Canada, Norway, and the United States

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tyssen, Reidar ^a   Palmer, Karen S ^b   Solberg, Ingunn B ^a   Voltmer, Edgar ^c   Frank, Erica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Theologische Hochschule Friedensau   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889972496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-516     Document Type: Article

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