Physician health, stress and gender at a university hospital
Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchPublished 1 February 2003
Bodil Bergman, Fayyaz Ahmad, Donna E. Stewart
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Different strategies are needed for women and men physicians to reduce their stress levels, and the somatic symptoms scale was significantly correlated with satisfaction with amount of time spent working.
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Different strategies are needed for women and men physicians to reduce their stress levels.
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