Reducing Burnout in Primary Care: A Step Toward Solutions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1056-1057

  West, Colin P ^a   Hauer, Karen E ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; AWARENESS; BURNOUT; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; WORKFLOW; WORKPLACE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; WORKFLOW; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84938211300     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3348-9     Document Type: Article

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