Workload and quality of life of surgeons. Results and implications of a large-scale survey by the German Society of Surgery

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 396, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 669-676

  Bohrer, Thomas ^a   Koller, Michael ^b   Schlitt, Hans Juergen ^b   Bauer, Hartwig ^c  

^a Sozialstiftung Bamberg ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c German Society of Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Risk factors; Surgeons; Work overload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SALARY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85027941766     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0791-x     Document Type: Article

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