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Job satisfaction and stress among healthcare workers in public hospitals in Qatar

Arij YehyaDepartment of Research, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar;
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Anoop SankaranarayananSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia;
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Abdullatif AlkhalDepartment of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar;
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Huda Al NaemiOccupational Health and Safety department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar;
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Nabila AlmeerHome Care nursing department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar;
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Abdulwahid KhanPsychiatry Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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Suhaila GhuloumPsychiatry Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 10-17 | Received 05 Apr 2018, Accepted 27 Aug 2018, Published online: 19 Nov 2018

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