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Wypalenie zawodowe jako następstwo stresu w pracy zawodowej pracowników medycznych
Burnout as a consequence of stress at work among medical staff

Author(s): Anna Kajewska-Dudek, Jerzy Detyna, Beata Detyna
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: personnel function; stress; burnout; stress audit; depersonalization of patients

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the problem of causes and symptoms of burnout among employees of a large specialist hospital is undertaken The thesis put in the article was confirmed by the results of nurses surveys. The authors sought answers to questions concerning causes, symptoms and possibilities of burnout prevention on the basis of designed questionnaires. Systematic performance audits of stress as an important tool to support the process of quality improvement in hospital is proposed in this paper.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 293
  • Page Range: 57-73
  • Page Count: 17