Burnout and career satisfaction among US oncologists

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 678-686

  Shanafelt, Tait D ^a   Gradishar, William J ^b   Kosty, Michael ^c   Satele, Daniel ^a   Chew, Helen ^d   Horn, Leora ^e   Clark, Ben ^f   Hanley, Amy E ^f   Chu, Quyen ^g   Pippen, John ^h   Sloan, Jeff ^a   Raymond, Marilyn ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PRACTICE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; MANPOWER; ONCOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898820697     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.8480     Document Type: Article

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