A critical care societies collaborative statement: Burnout syndrome in critical care health-care professionals a call for action

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-113

  Moss, Marc ^a   Good, Vicki S ^a   Gozal, David ^a   Kleinpell, Ruth ^a   Sessler, Curtis N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout Syndrome; Critical care; ICU; Moral Distress; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; BURNOUT SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84988890225     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201604-0708ST     Document Type: Article

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