'You feel you've been bad, not ill': Sick doctors' experiences of interactions with the General Medical Council

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Brooks, Samantha K ^a   Busso, Lilliana Del ^b   Chalder, Trudie ^a   Harvey, Samuel B ^c   Hatch, Stephani L ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Madan, Ira ^d   Henderson, Max ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADULT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84904510602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005537     Document Type: Article

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