Physician Career Satisfaction Across Specialties: Are We Getting the True Picture?
Abstract
The article by Leigh et al1 on physician satisfaction deals with a very important construct, "satisfaction," and is very informative. The data set is large and accounts for a large number of variables that affect physician satisfaction. However, we wish to raise some concerns regarding the interpretation of the data in the study. Income has been shown to be significantly and positively correlated with physician satisfaction in not only this study but also many other previous...