Empathy, burn-out and the use of gut feeling: A cross-sectional survey of Danish general practitioners

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Pedersen, Anette Fischer ^a   Ingeman, Mads Lind ^b   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

clinical decision making; early diagnosis; empathy; general practice; self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JEFFERSON SCALE OF PHYSICIAN EMPATHY; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 85052985220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020007     Document Type: Article

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