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Emergency physicians: “burned out” or “fired up”?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Constance LeBlanc  and
John Heyworth
Constance LeBlanc*
Affiliation:
CAEP Continuing Medical Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
John Heyworth
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Room 354 Bethune, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax NS B3H 2Y9; constance.leblanc@dal.ca

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Keywords

burnoutemergency physiciancareer satisfaction
Type
Commentaries • Commentaires
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 121 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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