Relating staff' burnout to clients with challenging behaviour in people with a learning difficulty: Pilot study 2

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-165

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a,b   Corbett, John ^a,b   Cumella, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 0029738736     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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