Adverse effects on health and wellbeing of working as a doctor: views of the UK medical graduates of 1974 and 1977 surveyed in 2014

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 198-207

  Smith, Fay ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Lambert, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

career choice; Medical careers; non clinical; physicians; workforce

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC STRESS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RETIREMENT; STATE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85019493205     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076817697489     Document Type: Article

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