Job Satisfaction As Perceived by Independent Physicians in Florida: An Empirical Investigation‪.‬

INTRODUCTION Medicine is a job as well as a profession, business and economic enterprise (Hoff, 2001). Consequently, a defined flow of reservations, rewards, challenges, chances, discontent, aggravation, doubts, and expectations emerged (Hoff, 2001). The practice and delivery of medicine seem to be typified by regional and local adjustments to markets that might also differ by their levels of physician employment and organization. Physicians occupy a central role in the health-care system by virtue of their capabilities, contributions and influence on the health-care system (Wolfe, 1991).