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The prevalence of burnout and depression in medical doctors working in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality community healthcare clinics and district hospitals of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape: a cross-sectional study

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 55 , issue 6 , 2013 , pages: 567–573

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2013.10874418

Author(s): L Rossouw Family Physician, Division Family Medicine and Primary Care, , S Seedat Department of Psychiatry, , RA Emsley Department of Psychiatry, , S Suliman Division Family Medicine and Primary Care, , D Hagemeister Division Family Medicine and Primary Care,

Keywords: depression , burnout , stress , physician , medical doctor

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Abstract

Aim: This study investigated burnout and depression in medical doctors in the context of work-related conditions and the role of resilience as a modifiable factor.

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