“Breaking” the Emergency Department: Does the Culture of Emergency Medicine Present a Barrier to Self-Care?
Introduction: Our goal was to critically examine emergency physician’s (EP) beliefs about taking breaks for self-care on shift. Our operational definition of a break for self-care included time not engaging in direct patient care, eating, drinking, using the bathroom, or leaving a clinical area for...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-01-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3kp2c57x |