Association of Intrinsic Motivating Factors and Markers of Physician Well-Being: A National Physician Survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 739-746

  Tak, Hyo Jung ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^b   Yoon, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical commitment; extrinsic motivators; intrinsic motivators; life satisfaction; physicians job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT CARE; WELLBEING; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011711345     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-3997-y     Document Type: Article

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