Self-rated health and sick leave among nurses and physicians: The role of regret and coping strategies in difficult care-related situations

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  Cullati, Stéphane ^a,b   Cheval, Boris ^a,b   Schmidt, Ralph E ^b   Agoritsas, Thomas ^a,c   Chopard, Pierre ^a,b   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare related regrets; Moral distress; Nurses; Physicians; Self rated health; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018263185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00623     Document Type: Article

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