Assessment of Regional Doctors’ Satisfactionwith Their Professional Activities

Abstract

This study presents the results of the analysis of the satisfaction of doctors in the Saratov region with their professional activities. The study included 594 doctors from state, municipal, and private medical organizations in the region. The social and professional characteristics of the respondents were evaluated. Despite financial deprivation, most of the doctors included in the study expressed satisfaction with their professional activities. The results of this study is possibly explained from the perspective of the phenomenon of paradoxical medicine described by academician A.V. Reshetnikov.