Reasons why physicians and advanced practice clinicians work while sick: A mixed-methods analysis

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 815-821

  Szymczak, Julia E ^a   Smathers, Sarah ^a   Hoegg, Cindy ^a   Klieger, Sarah ^a   Coffin, Susan E ^a,b   Sammons, Julia S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIAN; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; NURSE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OSTRACISM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTERED NURSE; WORK; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84941247925     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0684     Document Type: Article

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