The Association between a Sense of Calling and Physician Well-Being: A National Study of Primary Care Physicians and Psychiatrists

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 167-173

  Yoon, John D ^a   Daley, Brendan M ^b   Curlin, Farr A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Calling; National survey; Physician well being

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CAREER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; MORALITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; SATISFACTION; WELLBEING; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 85015915532     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: 15457230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40596-016-0487-1     Document Type: Article

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