title: [A survey about physicians&#8217; professional satisfaction].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A change in the social structure of medicine and its impact on clients has occurred in the last decades.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To perform a survey about subjective wellbeing among physicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  A physician&#8217; professional satisfaction survey consisting in 90 questions, was applied to 580 physicians (70% males), working in Metropolitan Santiago.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Physicians perceive changes in all the examined professional domains and approximately 50% of the changes are evaluated as negative. Change perception is a general phenomena among physicians, since there were no differences in relation to gender and only in few aspects with respect to age and medical specialty. There was a predominant positive attitude, based on the profession, to face changes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The positive evaluation of changes and the frequent use of managing strategies are associated with a higher satisfaction among physicians.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. mlbascunan@gmail.com
authors.forename: M Luz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bascuñán
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horwitz
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schiattino
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Acuña
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jiménez
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D017009:Professional Autonomy