Quality of work life, burnout, and stress in emergency department physicians: A qualitative review

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 227-234

  Bragard, Isabelle ^a,b   Dupuis, Gilles ^c,d   Fleet, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Centre for Liaison on Intervention and Prevention in the Psychosocial Area   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Emergency department; Physicians; Quality of work life; review

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF WORK LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; WORK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942987108     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000194     Document Type: Review

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