Burnout among after-hours home visit doctors in Australia Epidemiology and research methodology in primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ifediora, Chris O ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

After hours; Burnout; Doctors; Family physicians; General practitioners; Home visits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84992381852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0400-8     Document Type: Review

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