Occupational burnout and empathy influence blood pressure control in primary care physicians

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yuguero, Oriol ^a,b   Marsal, Josep Ramon ^c   Esquerda, Montserrat ^d   Soler González, Jorge ^a,b  

^a Research Institute University Primary Care IDIAP Jordi Gol   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d Fundacion Institut Borja de Bioetica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Doctor Patient Relation; Faculty Development; Hypertension; Primary Care

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNOUT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY CARE NURSING;

EID: 85018904204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-017-0634-0     Document Type: Article

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