Analysis and evaluation of geriatricians' working routines in German hospitals.

  • Stefanie Mache
  • Bianca Kusma
  • Karin Vitzthum
  • Albert Nienhaus
  • Burghard F Klapp
  • David A Groneberg

Abstract

Geriatricians are physicians who work primarily with the elderly and deal with diseases that often accompany old age, such as Alzheimer's disease. In the last few years, data from questionnaires have demonstrated increasing criticism of geriatricians regarding their working conditions in geriatric medicine. Ideally, such rather subjective statements should be compared to data about work strain that is not merely accurate but also evaluated on an objective real-time basis. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to deliver exact data about geriatricians' work in different geriatric departments to evaluate their working routines and afterwards to optimize their working conditions.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1
ISSN1444-1586
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2012
pubmed 21605300