Open AccessStress and Distress of Surgical Practice: the Trainee\'s View
Author(s) -
JG Makama,
ES Garba
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v17i4.37416
Subject(s) - distress , psychology , stress (linguistics) , medicine , psychotherapist , philosophy , linguistics
Stress is the body's non specific response to any pleasant or unpleasant demand placed upon it. Is surgical practice a stressful profession?