Single Item Measures of Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization Are Useful for Assessing Burnout in Medical Professionals

By Colin P. West, Lotte N. Dyrbye, J. Sloan, Tait D. Shanafelt. Journal of general internal medicine, 2009

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Social Psychology

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