[Does medical practice make life shorter?]

Przegl Lek. 2010;67(12):1340-1.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

In the present paper, an average age of death of medical doctors, separately for men and women, was compared with the average age of death across the Polish population. Obtained data indicate a higher mortality of women doctors in relation to the entire Polish population.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Cause of Death
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Life Expectancy*
  • Longevity
  • Male
  • Physicians / statistics & numerical data*
  • Physicians, Women / statistics & numerical data
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Private Practice / statistics & numerical data*
  • Sex Distribution
  • Survival Analysis