Short communication: occupational stress and burnout among South African medical practitioners
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer, T.Mashego, M.Mabebe
KEYWORDS: BURNOUT, MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2675
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/7955
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/7955
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify job stress and burnout symptoms among randomly selected South African medical practitioners from a national survey.-
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