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Doctors and their spouses speak: stress in medical practice
Author(s) -
Bates Erica
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
sociology of health and illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1467-9566
pISSN - 0141-9889
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9566.ep11345586
Subject(s) - stress (linguistics) , medical practice , context (archaeology) , psychology , doctor–patient relationship , medical education , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , history , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
Many sociological articles assume that the patient‐doctor relationship is satisfactory for the doctor and unsatisfactory for the patient. This paper describes a research project on stress among doctors and their families. It seems that the stress the doctor feels may significantly contribute to the problems of the patient‐doctor relationship. For example, doctors who cannot cope with their own stress may find it difficult to help their patients cope with stress. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of the social structure of medical practice and medical education.