Resilience: What is it, why do we need it, and can it help us?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 639, 2015, Pages e708-e710

  Lown, Mark ^a   Lewith, George ^b   Simon, Chantal ^c,d   Peters, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Handbook of General Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; COPING BEHAVIOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PERSONALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84943303113     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15X687133     Document Type: Note

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