Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 184-190 , February 2010

Burnout prevention: A review of intervention programs

  • Wendy L. Awa

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Endowed Chair Prevention and Rehabilitation in Health System Research, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. Tel.: +49 05 11 532 4455; fax: +49 05 11 532 5347.
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  • Martina Plaumann
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  • Ulla Walter

Received 17 November 2008 ,Revised 10 April 2009 ,Accepted 16 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.04.008

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