Stress in Nursing Home Staff: A Review and a Theoretical Model

The Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 444-466

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a  

^a Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STRESS; THEORY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0028846003     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489501400406     Document Type: Review

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