Doing something about physician burnout

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10057, 2016, Pages 2216-2217

  Epstein, Ronald M ^a,b   Privitera, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MINDFULNESS; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CARE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKFLOW; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84994592905     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31332-0     Document Type: Note

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