Chinese anesthesiologists have high burnout and low job satisfaction: A cross-sectional survey

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1004-1012

  Li, Hange ^a   Zuo, Mingzhang ^b   Gelb, Adrian W ^c   Zhang, Biao ^d   Zhao, Xiaohui ^a   Yao, Dongdong ^e   Xia, Di ^a   Huang, Yuguang ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP PATTERN; WORK SCHEDULE; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85047722717     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002776     Document Type: Article

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