Are Psychological Factors Linked to Performance?

Understanding Doctors’ Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 61-77

  Firth Cozen, Jenny ^b   King, Jennifer ^a  

^a Edgecumbe Consulting Group   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 85161194447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781846197062-5     Document Type: Chapter

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