Evaluation and comparison of health care work environment scale in military settings

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 284-289

  Maloney, Joseph Patrick ^a   Anderson, Frances Dee ^b   Gladd, Dianne L ^c   Brown, Diane L ^d   Hardy, Mary A ^e  

^a AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Managed Care ^*

^e Elsenhower Army Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; NURSING STAFF; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029936525     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.5.284     Document Type: Article

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