Development and initial psychometric properties of the barriers to physician compassion questionnaire

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1065, 2014, Pages 388-395

  Fernando III, Antonio T ^a   Consedine, Nathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PHYSICIAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; PHILIPPINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84902650015     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-132127     Document Type: Article

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