Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health

Margaret P. Kay; Geoffrey K. Mitchell; Christopher B. Del Mar

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06329.x

Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health

Margaret P. Kay^*
, Geoffrey K. Mitchell
, Christopher B. Del Mar

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

69 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

• Studies of doctors' health have emphasised psychological health, and limited data have been collected on their physical health status. • Doctors often fail to follow current preventive health guidelines for their physical health. • About half of doctors do not have an established relationship with an independent general practitioner. This would enhance their health and provide a means of ready access to the healthcare system should a problem arise.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	368-370
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	181
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06329.x
Publication status	Published - 4 Oct 2004

Access to Document

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06329.xLicence: Free to read

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2004/181/7/doctors-do-not-adequately-look-after-their-own-physical-healthLicence: Other

Cite this

@article{24cc72f18a2546ad99525ca620e7c26f,

title = "Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health",

abstract = "• Studies of doctors' health have emphasised psychological health, and limited data have been collected on their physical health status. • Doctors often fail to follow current preventive health guidelines for their physical health. • About half of doctors do not have an established relationship with an independent general practitioner. This would enhance their health and provide a means of ready access to the healthcare system should a problem arise.",

author = "Kay, \{Margaret P.\} and Mitchell, \{Geoffrey K.\} and \{Del Mar\}, \{Christopher B.\}",

year = "2004",

month = oct,

day = "4",

doi = "10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06329.x",

language = "English",

volume = "181",

pages = "368--370",

journal = "Medical Journal of Australia",

issn = "0025-729X",

publisher = "John Wiley \& Sons",

number = "7",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health

AU - Kay, Margaret P.

AU - Mitchell, Geoffrey K.

AU - Del Mar, Christopher B.

PY - 2004/10/4

Y1 - 2004/10/4

N2 - • Studies of doctors' health have emphasised psychological health, and limited data have been collected on their physical health status. • Doctors often fail to follow current preventive health guidelines for their physical health. • About half of doctors do not have an established relationship with an independent general practitioner. This would enhance their health and provide a means of ready access to the healthcare system should a problem arise.

AB - • Studies of doctors' health have emphasised psychological health, and limited data have been collected on their physical health status. • Doctors often fail to follow current preventive health guidelines for their physical health. • About half of doctors do not have an established relationship with an independent general practitioner. This would enhance their health and provide a means of ready access to the healthcare system should a problem arise.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/5044243035

U2 - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06329.x

DO - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06329.x

M3 - Article

C2 - 15462653

AN - SCOPUS:5044243035

SN - 0025-729X

VL - 181

SP - 368

EP - 370

JO - Medical Journal of Australia

JF - Medical Journal of Australia

IS - 7

ER -

Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this