Figures & data
Table I. Factors that increase or decrease the job satisfaction experienced by general practitioners.
Sutherland VJ, Cooper CL. Identifying distress among general practitioners: predictors of psychological ill-health and job dissatisfaction. Soc Sci Med 1993; 37: 575–81 Skolnik NS, Smith DR, Diamond J. Professional satisfaction and dissatisfaction of general practitioners. J Fam Pract 1993; 37: 257–63 Rout U, Cooper CL, Rout JK. Job stress among British general practitioners: predictors of job dissatisfaction and mental ill-health. Stress Med 1996; 12: 155–66 Hueston WJ. General practitioners’ satisfaction with practice. Arch Fam Med 1998; 7: 242–7 Appleton K, House A, Dowell A. A survey of job satisfaction, sources of stress and psychological symptoms among general practitioners in Leeds. Br J Gen Pract 1998; 48: 1059–63 Kapur N, Appleton K, Neal RD. Sources of job satisfaction and psychological distress in GPs and medical house officers. Fam Pract 1999; 16: 600–1 Kitai E, Kushnir T, Herz M, Melamed S, Vigiser D, Granek M. Correlation of work structure and job satisfaction among Israeli general practitioners. Isr Med Assoc J 1999; 1: 236–40 Rout U. Gender differences in stress, satisfaction and mental wellbeing among general practitioners in England. Psychol Health Med 1999; 4: 345–54 Berg RE, Elliott BA. Rural Minnesota general practitioners: practice characteristics, gender, income, and job satisfaction. Minn Med 2000; 83: 42–7 Eliason BC, Guse C, Gottlieb MS. Personal values of general practitioners, practice satisfaction, and service to the underserved. Arch Fam Med 2000; 9: 228–32 Sibbald B, Enzer L, Cooper C, Rout U, Sutherland V. GP job satisfaction in 1987, 1990 and 1998: lessons for the future?. Fam Pract 2000; 17: 364–71 Fennig S, Yuval D, Greenstein M, Rabin S, Weingarten M. Job satisfaction among certified and non-certified general practitioners. Isr Med Assoc J 2000; 2: 823–7 Kalda R, Maaroos H, Lember M. Motivation and satisfaction among Estonian family doctors working in different settings. Eur J Gen Pract 2000; 6: 15–9 Dowell AC, Hamilton S, McLeod DK. Job satisfaction, psychological morbidity and job stress among New Zealand general practitioners. N Z Med J 2000; 113: 269–72 McGlone SJ, Chenoweth IG. Job demands and control as predictors of occupational satisfaction in general practice. Med J Austr 2001; 175: 88–91 Sibbald B, Gravelle H, Bojke C. General practitioner job satisfaction England. Report to the Department of Health. National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester 2001; 2001 Simoens S, Sibbald B. Job satisfaction, work-related stress and intentions to quit of Scottish GPs. Scott Med J 2002; 47: 80–6 Ulmer B, Harris M. Australian GPs are satisfied with their job: even more so in rural areas. Fam Pract 2002; 19: 300–3 Sibbald B, Bojke C, Gravelle H. National survey of job satisfaction and retirement intentions among general practitioners in England. Br Med J 2003; 326: 22–4 Sobreques J, Cebria J, Segura J, Rodrigues C, Garcia M, Juncosa S. Job satisfaction and burnout in general practitioners. Aten Primaria 2003; 31: 227–33 Buciuniene I, Blazeviciene A, Bliudziute E. Health care reform and job satisfaction of primary health care physicians in Lithuania. Fam Pract 1989; 6: 10–5 Nylenna M, Gulbrandsen P, Førde R, Aasland OG. Job satisfaction among Norwegian general practitioners. Scand J Prim Health Care 2005; 23: 198–202 Whalley D, Bojke C, Gravelle H, Sibbald B. GP job satisfaction in view of contract reform. Br J Gen Pract 2006; 56: 87–92 O'Sullivan B, Keane AM, Murphy AW. Job stressors and coping strategies as predictors of mental health and job satisfaction among Irish general practitioners. Ir Med J 2005; 98: 199–202