Associations of stress and burnout among Australian-based doctors involved in after-hours home visits

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 345-356

  Ifediora, Chris ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

After hours; Burnout; Deputising services; Family physicians; General practitioners; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84949743223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2015.2523     Document Type: Article

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