IJREH | Doctors' Work Life Quality and Effect on Job Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study Based on Literature Review

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Doctors' Work Life Quality and Effect on Job Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study Based on Literature Review

Partha Lodh , Dr. Saileswar Ghosh

International Journal of Rural Development, Environment and Health Research(IJREH), Vol-6,Issue-1, January - February 2022, Pages 1-7, 10.22161/ijreh.6.1.1

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Article Info: Received: 03 Dec 2021; Received in revised form: 15 Jan 2022; Accepted: 21 Jan 2022; Available online: 02 Feb 2022

Abstract:

Every day, the health-care system becomes more complicated. It is mostly due to changes in lifestyle, greater demand for patient care, and the effect of technology on the health-care delivery process. Sophisticated devices necessitate specialized knowledge, which necessitates a better and more current medical education system, which, in turn, necessitates a better organizational structure. All of this has an impact on the entire medical profession, as novel difficulties must be met with increasing skill and potential development, as well as increased dedication to the profession, as performance management becomes a major aspect in avoiding professional hazards in various forms. As a result, the entire health policy needs to be updated in order to provide health care professionals, particularly doctors, with enough quality work life and improved job satisfaction in order to improve their performance at work. We try to answer these questions in our research.

Keywords:

quality of life, job satisfaction, performance, health care system, doctor.

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